My guy posts were painted. I surface prepped them with a
angle grinder followed by a primer coat of rust-oleum and
then two coats of a finish (also rust-oleum). These are
10' 4" pipe set into concrete about 3'. They support a
59' tilt over tower. The white paint makes them stand out more
to help prevent the "ooops there's a post there" incidents.
73,
Jon
KD5SFA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Arthur Trampler <atrampler@mchsi.com>
>Sent: Jul 30, 2007 12:43 PM
>To: T talk <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] galvanize v. paint
>
>The good news: the XYL has gotten past her revulsion of guy-wires, even on our
>small lot with too many trees in the wrong place.
>
>The bad news: she wants the guy wires elevated so our 14 year-old will not
>decapitate himself before he begins thinking again in the next two or three
>years.
>
>Tower: simple Glen Martin 50' tower, 18" face, with Hazer. Single guy at top
>of tower.
>
>Antenna load: small tri-band yagi, 6.5 square feet.
>
>Supports: 4" flange x 4" deep steel I-beam, 3' in concrete, 7' above.
>
>In short, the beams are about $65 each, and galvanizing adds another $60 each,
>pluse $150 shipping for all three.
>
>I also have a custom-made, two-piece folding mount for my AV640 vertical I
>would have galvanized at the same time. That 20' structure weighs closer to
>300lbs.
>
>So galvanizing all these will add about $500 to the project. Have any of you
>had your items galvanized, or do you think it's a waste of money and painting
>is "just" as good.
>
>Thanks,
>Art, KC2G
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