Two other checks come to mind:
1. Sight up each leg to see if there is a bend.
2. Check the loose guy's anchor location. It is possible the wind
load may have moved the anchor; e.g., by compressing some of the earth
above the anchor. Look at where the anchor rid enters the dirt for
evidence that there is more rod out of the dirt than before.
73,
-- Eric K3NA
on 05 Oct 2 12:16 K7LXC@aol.com said the following:
> In a message dated 10/2/2005 9:03:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
> Can you see damage in the tower where it actually bent?
>
> You're allowed to be out of plumb 3 inches in 100 feet and still be in
> spec. It doesn't sound like there's actual damage so if it was my tower I'd
> go
> ahead and plumb-and-tension it back into shape with no harm done.
>
> I'm not sure why your turnbuckles were loose; maybe they weren't
> tensioned properly to begin with and the wind slamming loosened them up or
> maybe the
> anchors crept a little bit. In any case I don't think you've got a fatal
> problem. Go ahead and P&T it and keep an eye on it for further developments.
> I think
> you're over-reacting to some perceived 'damage'.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
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