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Re: [TowerTalk] Broken Self Supporting Crank Up Tower

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Broken Self Supporting Crank Up Tower
From: Alan AB2OS <ab2os@att.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:52:15 -0400
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I just came from looking at the specs for the AN Wireless self-supporting towers (www.anwireless.com). I had been thinking of a 60' tower to support my 3-el SteppIR (by no means large: less than 7 sq. ft.), but I found that the max. surface area one of their 60' Light Duty models will support with 90mph winds is less than 1 sq. ft.!

If I want to put this antenna on a tower in this location (Ottawa Co., W. Michigan), I must either settle for a 50' Light Duty tower or put out almost $1000 more for the 60' Heavy Duty model. The foundation requirements are different too.

Alan AB2OS


On 06/11/04 08:43 pm Wendell Wyly - W5FL put fingers to keyboard and launched the following message into cyberspace:


Driving home today after a recent thunderstorm, I saw a crank up
(telescoping triangular tower) BROKEN completely in two pieces with the beam
hanging nearly on the ground.  This was a fairly heavy duty tower with only
a tri-bander on it and only about a 50 foot tower.  He needs a crane to get
it down now.

Never ceases to amaze me that it takes me 8 5/16 EHS guys to hold my Rohn 45
tower and small 2 element quad antenna  and others seem to think a little
piece of concrete is going to hold their crank up towers in the extended
position indefinitely.  I am sure the load was only 6-8 sq feet, but that
was enough.
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See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.

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