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Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: KA1ZGC on April 25, 2005, 01:01:12 PM I'd kill to see the video of this:
http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html#pa (Note: the link will change on Monday when he updates the "current" page) --Thom Killer Aircraft One Zeppelin Goes Crash Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: KA8WTK on April 25, 2005, 01:22:04 PM I dropped the old 70' TV tower that used to stand next to the house. (Before I was a Ham) It was just too bad to climb and had a kink in the middle. Tied one of the guy wires to the bumper of the car, cut the other 5 guys, and drove up the back yard like heck to get out of the way. You need a calm day to try such foolishness. ( And a lot of luck!)
Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: WD8BIL on April 25, 2005, 01:28:31 PM Quote Tied one of the guy wires to the bumper of the car, cut the other 5 guys, and drove up the back yard like heck to get out of the way. Thus the "Screwball #4" !!!! Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: Paul, K2ORC on April 25, 2005, 03:58:12 PM Quote from: Bill You need a calm day to try such foolishness. ( And a lot of luck!) And a lot of beer? ;) Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: K1JJ on April 25, 2005, 03:58:47 PM Speaking of dropping towers.... I was once on a crew that dropped a 300' Rohn 45 tower. It was commercial and had to come down ASAP.
We cut all the guys up to the 130' level on one side and it still stood! Then we cut the next two levels at 165'/200' at the same time. It folded like a jacknife, snapped, and the upper section came down and hit the ground nearly flat... lucky. I was able to salvage 140' of good, straight tower sections that were later used here. Lots of guy wire too. The other 160' of tower sections were like pretzels. The lesson I learned is how strong Rohn 45 tower is... to stand with no guys 130' tall with another 170' above it still amazes me! T Title: Re: Timberrrrrr! Post by: Glenn K2KL on April 25, 2005, 04:17:16 PM I think it's very cool, now they're using a wire antenna! :o
Quote from: KA1ZGC I'd kill to see the video of this: http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html#pa (Note: the link will change on Monday when he updates the "current" page) --Thom Killer Aircraft One Zeppelin Goes Crash Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: K6DSW on April 25, 2005, 09:56:49 PM It's also his site of the week at
http://www.fybush.com/featuredsite.html With multiple pictures of the tower dropping, including before and after shots. Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: KA8WTK on April 26, 2005, 06:03:50 PM Bud: You got that right!
Paul: If I would have taken the time to drink a beer, I might not have done it. Both: I had tried to find a professional to take it down. Nobody would touch it. I simply got pissed one afternoon and did it. Title: Timberrrrrr! Post by: kb1jcy on April 27, 2005, 08:18:36 PM Holy crap! A buddy (W3NU) was an former engineer for WPIC and told me about it. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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