[TowerTalk] Polygon Guy Rods

[Ron WV4P]

Thanks again for the clarifications on size. If only there was Manufacturer
Specifications for 100' Pirod Rotating towers lol. I appreciate all the
replies, yall, as expected, have been very helpful. Ron, WV4P

On Sun, 8 Sep 2019 at 14:28, K9MA <k9ma at sdellington.us> wrote:

> On 9/8/2019 14:17, Tim Duffy wrote:
> > Use qualified professionals to install your tower, accidents happen
> (several this year already) and you do not want anything bad to happen to
> you or your friends.
>
> I hope others have better luck with that than I did. I hired a
> well-known local outfit, Wave Communication, to replace my Rohn 25 this
> spring. They sent two inexperienced guys to take it down, with no gin
> pole or tower jack. They had to use my bolt cutter to cut the guy wires.
> Then it took them a couple hours just to get the top section off. They
> didn't have a drill bit big enough for the pier pin. At least they were
> very expensive. They were supposed to come back in a week to put up the
> new tower. Six weeks later, I fired them and hired a local ham, with
> whom I put the tower up in a day.
>
> 73,
>
> Scott K9MA
>
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> Scott  K9MA
>
> k9ma at sdellington.us
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