What you have is the OLD, light-duty Heights tower.
Take all the sections to someone with TIG-welding know-how and get ALL
the welds checked and redone INSIDE and OUT.
Just a word to the wise.
Don
N8DE
Quoting HansLG@aol.com:
> There is no "inside". The weld is only on one side of the Z. The other side
> is just the Z-rod touching the leg.
>
> Hans N2JFS
>
>
> ____________________________________
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> Sent: 8/15/2008 1:38:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
> Subj: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Heights Towers Aluminum??
>
>
> I am glad to get this information. The Height tower I have in my yard just
> now is old. I noticed that some of the weld or the Z have opened and was
> going
> to fix that before I put the tower up. Now I may get all the welds
> inspected
>
> before I put it up. I looked at the welds before and wondered if they were
> OK, but as I am not an expert I thought they were OK. The welds that brook
> were
> under high tention after the Z itself bent at these places.
>
> Hans N2JFS
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I have found that wire brushing reveals some of the hairline cracks that
> oxidation has covered up. Also, check on the inside of the weld joint. I
> have
> discovered some hairlines there, that were not showing on the outside of
> the
> joint.
>
> Bill KH7XS/K4XS
>
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