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[Towertalk] WARNING: Do not try this at home!

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Subject: [Towertalk] WARNING: Do not try this at home!
From: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 19:02:56 EDT
In a message dated 9/19/02 7:49:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dlabat@tcinternet.net writes:

> You know how 25G legs get compressed by overtorquing the bolts? Well a
>  professional showed me how you get the sections seperated.. you pull the
>  bolts then climb up on the now unbolted section and rock it loose, at over
>  100 feet no less. I was worried he was going to take both of us off the
>  tower!

    Jeez - I'd have taken the elevator out of there immediately! DOWN, PLEASE!

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH

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