Hi Rod
I thought you might be interested that the new Glen Martin Eng hazer
tower that I have been putting up comes with all stainless hardware like
you described. It is an aluminum tower but all bolt and nuts are
stainless.
73 Steve W8GAZ
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From: Roderick M. Fitz-Randolph
Sent: Friday, May 02, 1997 1:17 AM
To: steve; Stan Griffiths
Cc: 'towertalk@contesting.com'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Parts Sources?
>>WG0G/2 wrote:
>>
>>> I just order 7 sets from Texas Tower along with some other Rohn
parts,
>>> not problems. If you look in the Rohn Consumer Products book, it
>>
>>The Texas Towers joint bolts are plated, not galvanized. But what
really
>>slayed me was getting plated U bolts on the "Rohn accessory shelf" I
bought
>>from them. How is that possible?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Pete
>>KS4XG
>
>What's impossible is to get ANYTHING BUT plated U-bolts or tower leg
bolts
>for 25 tower from Rohn. The plated U-bolts and tower leg bolts are
standard
>Rohn issue for 25 tower.
>
>45 tower is another story. The hardware for that is galvanized.
>
>Stan w7ni@teleport.com
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I was concerned that virtually all the Rohn towers I had taken down had
very
badly rusted bolts and nuts, requiring me to (in many instances) shear
the
bolts while attempting to back off the nut. The rust that appeared for
some distance down the legs of the tower below the rusted nuts and bolts
also
concerned me esthetically if not structurally.
As a result, when it came time for me to put up "The Final
Tower/Antenna", I
obtained stainless bolts and nylon-insert lock nuts. My reasonging was
that,
if the tower was up for a considerable length of time, the stainless
bolts
(in pristine condition as they are 5 years later) would be much less of a
hazard to the tower's integrity than the nearly rusted through plated
steel
bolts that come with the tower sections. There is not a smidgeon, a
scintilla
of rust anywhere on my 130 foot tower 5 years after the installation. I
am most pleased with my decision to go with stainless bolts.
Remember, flames give me gas! You know that gas and flames don't mix!!
Rod, W5HVV
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