d.dimitry wrote:
> I'll try to answer one more q for you. Yes, the connections between some
> old style aluminum sections has been a problem after several years outdoors.
> They can be very difficult to pull apart. There are precautions and
> maintenance steps that can be done to help this problem. First, coat the
> section ends you are joining together with an anti-seize lubricant made for
> aluminum surfaces. This can be gotten at electrical, hardware and bearing
> stores, as well as antenna and some tower mfrs. Then take your tower apart
> every 3 to 5 years to check the joints. Do you need to apply more
> lubricant?
What? You mean that if my 100 foot Rohn 25G tower were an aluminum tower
instead, I would have had to take it (along with the 5 Yagis, two side mounted
verticals, and two wire antennas mounted on it) completely down and put it back
up AT LEAST FIVE TIMES since I put it up originally in 1973 just to make sure
the legs won't seize together? That is enough reason RIGHT THERE to keep me
from ever putting up an aluminum tower . . . It would be EIGHT TIMES if I did it
every 3 years . . .
Stan w7ni@teleport.com
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