Steve gives some good advice here!
Also remember this, although the specs have changed over the years, the
towers have only seen some minor engineering/mechanical changes (except
for US Tower who abandoned the original Z bracing they inherited from
Tristao, if favor of TriEx's superior W bracing once their patent
expired).
While it is never recommended to overload a tower, it will definately
hold something. If you live in a high wind zone, be extra careful. If
you lived where there is little to no wind, it will hold more.
Since the engineer for the HG-52SS was once an engineer for Triex...and
it shares almost the original W bracing, you should be in fine shape no
matter what the current specs on paper call for.
Some good common sense needs to be applied. If you don't have any, call
a friend who does!
Dino - KX6D
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hygain HG-52SS help needed
From: K7LXC@aol.com
Date: Tue, September 07, 2010 3:57 pm
To: towertalk@contesting.com, jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com
In a message dated 9/7/2010 9:13:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> I did a quick search and found an original Hy-Gain .pdf file with wind
survival and load limit numbers for the fully extended tower.
WARNING! These are OLD and outdated specs. As with all older
crank-ups, they were rated at 50 MPH. The minimum windspeed these days
is 70 MPH, at
which point I think the capacity of the HG tower reaches somewhere
around
zero.
Please be careful and conservative if you're using one of these,
including the old Tri-Ex's, etc.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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