[TowerTalk] Fall Zone

[John]

While my experience has nothing to do with this particular question. I
retired from the fire service and we used 1.5 x the height for a "safe zone"
for fallen debris. We didn't run into tower failures we ran into building
failures!! 

My TX-455 is on the edge of my property, 12'+/- from the property line. I
did have a failure and it did break in the middle fully extended. Element
parts crossed the property line but the tower did not. We live in the county
and towers are not regulated by local building code. They were only concern
if there was AC at the site.

John
KO4XJ

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Wilson Lamb
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2019 10:21 AM
To: undefined
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fall Zone

I wouldn't want a neighbor's tower/Yagi looming over my backyard...and I
love towers!
The fall zone idea seems like simple good manners.
 I have been loosely involved in dropping 200' BC towers, dropped by cutting
the rods at one guy anchor, thus losing all guys on that side.
They fell absolutely full length, with a few sections not even bent!  
I think a foundation failure (soil, bolt, gin pole) would drop a crankup to
full length.
Is there any experience available on this?
WL
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