[TowerTalk] Rohn 45 Bent Leg

[Dave Leisman]

I need some advice.  I have a 70' Rohn 45 and had a guy with a tractor back into and damage one of the legs.  As well, the leg was 
hit hard enough to bend the diagonal cross support.  I could probably, with assistance of a come along, bend the leg back into place 
and bend the diagonal support back into place as well, but that would not resolve the huge indentation which resulted from the 
contact with the tractor., e.g., the leg's strength would still be compromised.  There is no antenna on top of the tower; I was just 
getting ready to place my TH-11.  The tower is guyed at 30' and 50' at the current time.

My thought is to rent a mobile crane with a boom long enough and significant enough to lift the 6 sections above the damaged section, 
in total (still bolted together) from the damaged section; then cut the damage away from the damaged section, and then lower the 6 
sections down to the now repaired section, drill all the holes and bolt everything back together.  Is this possible?  I am concerned 
about climbing the tower, because of the damage done to the leg - because somehow I need to strap the 6 undamaged sections to the 
boom of the crane.

Another question is whether the stainless steel bolts holding the 6 sections together are sufficiently strong enough to hold the 6 
sections together while I work on the damaged section.  

I really don't want to start over because that means another hole to dig, expense of more concrete, placement of additional guy wire 
anchors (and more concrete), and waiting until late spring.

Any advice would be appreciated.