hmmm I seem to remember it being much heavier?
Online data tables for 4.50" OD sch40 pipe say it is 10.79 pounds per foot. I remember ten foot pieces being heavier than that, maybe it's just because it's hard to grip. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Bill Prince via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, that was a heavy puppy. Somewhere around 300 lbs IIRC. Used a heavy > duty snatch block & had 3 guys on the rigging as we pulled it up. > > Yes also on the gray. This site is in on a very visible mountain top in > the middle of an open space preserve, and they require everything to be > painted gray to reduce the visual issues. > > Funny though. They just recently installed a couple of licensed links for > their 2-way system, and they didn't paint their own dishes... > > > bp > > > On 10/1/2014 9:10 AM, Seth Mattinen via Af wrote: > >> On 10/1/14, 9:02, Bill Prince via Af wrote: >> >>> Finally got up to the site to take a couple of pictures. This is a 4' >>> dish about 10' above the roof of this shed. The mast is 4-1/2" OD >>> schedule 40, and you can see we are using 4 of the extra-heavy-duty >>> pipe-to-pipe clamps. Also, there is bracing about 4' above the shed. I >>> would not have gone any higher with this, as it is already a bit of a >>> Popsicle. >>> >> >> >> I've twice hauled 6' pieces of 4-1/2" sched 40 pipe up a roof, so I can >> imagine how heavy that one in the picture is. >> >> Does that site require everything to be painted grey? >> >> ~Seth >> >> >
