[TowerTalk] US Tower MA40 Questions

[Dave Sublette]

Well FWIW — I am scared to death of crankups and folders.  I owned a Rohn 45 foldover and have extensive experience working on crankups.  Each has its own set of hazzards. Give me a good, honest standup straight tower any day.  I also have (bad) experience with an aluminum tower.  Keep an eye on the bolts in the letdown base.  The SS bolts electroplated themselves to a diameter of less than a quarter inch on a 70 foot self supporter.  I installed it and they discovered the problem about ten or fifteen years later, thankfully after I had moved away.  I wouldn’t have wanted to try and take that thing down!!

Dave, K4TO
> On Oct 25, 2017, at 1:18 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
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> 53 is young!
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> John KK9A
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> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] US Tower MA40 Questions
> From:	W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com>
> Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:53:52 -0600
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> At 53, I have little desire to climb my tower anymore and wished I had
> saved a bit longer for a crankup.
> 
> W0MU
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