[Elecraft] OT tower disassemble tool

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

All it takes is ONE rusted out telescoping joint between sections. The
install could have been textbook, and you could still have a rusted
telescoping joint. Rohn 25 is the low end, minimum metal, inexpensive
tower. Rohn 45 and 55 are far more robust. Take this subject to TowerTalk
reflector and see how many horror stories you dig up.

If a tower joint kicks out sidewise between guys below, rope guys won't
necessarily save you. There are stories of towers collapsing straight down,
inside the guys, with all the guys below still attached.

When you plan for the worst, then you don't get killed, maimed or crippled
by the worst. Why would anyone bet the rest of their life on old Rohn 25?
Own stock in the company?

Use a crane to take down old Rohn 25, or if you got the space, cut it down
like a tree by cutting the guys opposite the desired direction of fall.

May you live long enough and healthy enough to play video games with your
great-grandchildren.

73, Guy.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:19 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> On Tue,10/14/2014 1:02 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
>
>> Are you actually going to climb Rohn 25 that has been up in the air for
>> 20+ years, for disassembly?
>>
>
> Caution is a very good thing, but why is it that the worst possible
> conditions must be assumed?  Perhaps the install was done correctly and the
> tower is in great shape?  Perhaps additional temporary guys might be added
> as insurance as a climber ascends?
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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