----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Idelson <k1ir@designet.com>
To: TowerTalk Post <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 8:28 AM
Subject: re: [TowerTalk] Bent Mast
> It's pretty clear your friend should contract the job out to a professional. I
> assume the idea of bending the mast back would involve attaching a line to the
> top of the mast and pulling on it with a power winch or vehicle. Attempting to
> bend the mast back into line this way will place unreasonable stress on the
> tower and guying system. One or the other will most certainly fail. If I
> understand the idea correctly, I think a) it's not going to work, b) it's
going
> to cause additional damage to the system, and c) it will be dangerous to
people
> anywhere in the fall zone.
>
> I wouldn't touch this one with a ten-foot pole.
>
> Jim K1IR
>
> [TowerTalk] Bent Mast
>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Bent Mast
> From: "Roger D. Johnson" <n1rj@pivot.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 06:37:52 -0400
>
> Last year a local ham put up a stacked array on a water pipe mast.
> During a winter storm, it bent about 20 degrees just above the snorkel
> on the Rohn 25. He seems to think he can attach a line and bend the
> mast back into line so it will drop through the top section. I don't
> think this stands a chance of working and have advised him to spend
> the bucks and hire a crane. What is the collective wisdom on how to
> handle this situation without getting someone killed or injured.
>
> Thanks, Roger
>
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