Dan & Joey,
We do not have enough information yet.
Joey is on the 6M list and many of the guys prayed
and encouraged him through the early days following his
accident.
Joey didn't post the insurance report, perhaps the
missing variables are in there.
I am guessing that the tower may have suffered some
sort of internal rusting or some other damage prior to
his work on it.
The stress of the work at 100 feet and then removing
the top sections may have stressed those weaknesses until
they finally gave.
There may also have been a change in weather, e.g.
wind gusts, temperature, etc.
Metal fatigue sometimes results in failures at odd
moments and I am sure Joey is happy that tower failed
when he was at 40 feet vs 100!
> I found a couple of things you said that did not add up correctly, obviously
> it happened,, but seems it should not have. You said you had the tower down
> to the 40 ft. level...By the way, is the tower Rohn 25??
> When the tower was fully up with the antennas and all the guy cables, that
> tower was at maximum load. Then you added your body weight, your gear to
> take the tower down, and all the movement that comes with getting a
> tri-bander down from 100 ft. That is theoretically when the tower shoud have
> collapsed. The only way I could see any different, is the bottom set of
> wires created some pivot at the failure point. But if that tower was up with
> proper guy cables, with a minimum of 3/16 EHS, 3990 lb break strength, the
> guy should have never broke. I am sure sorry of your accident, I hope what I
> am describing, and what happened to you can foil another tower tragedy...I
> sure feel it should not have happened....Best Wishes,, Good Luck to you,,
> Dan Cisson N4GNR
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Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
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