[TowerTalk] Rohn U-bolts

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

Good galvanizing is also very rough to the touch.  If it's been out in 
the weather a few years, it may be a dull gray, but still rough.
Be sure to use galvanized nuts as well.

Roger (K8RI)

On 7/29/2017 Saturday 1:46 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> Unfortunately many folks don't know plated vs galvanizing. Plated is 
> shiny and dead easy to screw a nut onto a bolt. Good galvanizing looks 
> dull gray if it has been any  reasonable time since galvanized and is 
> often a little more friction when putting a nut on a bolt.  For the 
> neophyte... Galvanized fasteners look more primitive, less perfect in 
> appearance but far superior in how long till they may rust. Zinc 
> plated is very inferior to galvanized hardware in longevity while 
> exposed to the environment.
>
> Patrick        NJ5G
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> On 7/29/2017 11:27 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>> I've heard that you have to be careful sourcing hardware for a tower,
>> especially from a non-tower manufacturer.  It has to do with the
>> galvanizing.  From what I've been told, the non-tower intended
>> hardware has shall we say, "casual galvanizing" and the tower stuff is
>> galvanized to be up in a hard to get to place for a long time.
>>
>> Rob
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