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On 7/2/2011 7:19 PM, David Lewis wrote:
>     doc,

Tower legs are very easy to bend. I can exert enough force with a 3 to 
4' rod to break a leg off a 35G. Actually I doubt it would take much 
effort with just a 2' rod.  Smaller towers like the 25G and more so the 
American Steel towers are surprisingly easy to bend.

The old, American Steel TV towers we see holding up tribanders can be 
easily bent out of line by just tightening one set of guys too much.

73

Roger (K8RI)
>       Try a tool rental place,and see if they have a
> 'porta-
> power' hydraulic tool.It should do the trick,but be
> careful
> as it has no mercy on stray fingers.
>    73,David/N5SJS
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