yoyo wrote:

Brian Kelly wrote:

yoyo wrote in message
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I have been given a 50 ft Rohn tower (galvanized).

Problem is, I have to get it down. and I have a couple questions.

Weight of each section?



Depends on which type Rohn tower sections are used. Hams generally use
25G or 45G and occasionally 55G.

http://www.rohnnet.com/ROHNNET/rohnn...004/index.html

http://www.antennasystems.com/towers.html#ROHN%2025G


estimate of a resonable charge to have someone do it for me?



$50/hr. for a semi-pro (part-timer) with a gin pole, the tools and the
experience to do it right safely.


I don't like climbing



Neither does anybody else!

Is it worth paying 160 bucks to rent a 50 ft cherry picker to do it?



I wouldn't want to take a tower apart from a bucket, it would be very
awkward at best and possibly dangerous.

If I were in your position I'd get in touch with a ham in your area
who knows his way around towers and get him involved.


Thanks

Jonathan
KB8PFA



w3rv


I'm not exactly sure of the type 25 45 etc. Originally it was a 60 ft
dispatch tower for a towing service. They moved it once and it became a
50 ft. both applications the tower was bracketet to a building about 25
ft up. Is there a way to determine the tower type?

I thougt it would be relatively easy to do this from a bucket.. Come
along side, unbolt it. then go above and lower it with a rope?

Jon



If anyone here is interested in job I'm in Macomb County MI and the
tower is local!!!!