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| Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Collapse in South Dakota |
| From: | <sawyered@earthlink.net> |
| Date: | Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:02:22 -0500 |
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I believe that the reason it laid down full length is because it had a pier pin and the pin sheared when a guy let go. If the base had been cemented in (all 3 legs) like the majority of ham towers, it would not have failed like that. I would have crumpled in, twisted. Ed N1UR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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