[TowerTalk] Fwd: Tower Installtion Question

[Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk]

Roger et. al.


What is the story with these "up-side-down" joints towers. My tower has the same thing. I wanted the joints to be made so that any water running down the legs would run off the joints, not into them. I sealed up each joint with a heavy coat of tar/asphalt and am intending to maintain that.


My instinct tells me that the smaller, swaged part should be put up, into the leg above, not down into the leg below. I only seen this on aluminum towers such as Heights and Universal. The steel towers have it the other way.


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Roger (K8RI) on TT <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 16, 2015 3:13 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Installtion Question


....  and fairly level.

Any of the small, self supporting Aluminum towers that come in 8' 
sections with the joints looking like they are upside down should be 
inspected very carefully.   (and TESTED)

73

Roger (K8RI)

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