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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Aluminum towers -- can you really "walk one up"? |
From: | Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net> |
Date: | Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:30:52 -0500 |
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Shades of the infamous bumble bee and the aerodynamicist. On 3/9/2015 10:16 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: On 3/8/2015 11:23 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:Easily, I've walked a 40' 25G steel tower up by my self when in my mid 60' and at 5' 7", I weighed less than 165#. The one arm/hand rests momentarily while the other holds, then both hold, giving both a bit of a rest holding half the weight each. the part after the maximum weight gets lighter rapidly. However it works, the 40 footer was a relatively easy lift while it took a "bunch" to do the 50 footer. Roger (K8RI)That doesn't add up. Rohn 25G weighs 40 lbs per section for a total of 160 lbs. Multiply by 1.7 and that's 272 lbs. Since you are shorter than the 6 feet I assumed, we need to add another 10% bringing the total to 300 lbs. Almost twice your weight. Maybe easy for you, but certainly not for most people. Rick N6RK _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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