I don't know. If you knew the load of the hose clamps, u-bolts and the ratings on the screws/plates holding the unistrut together, maybe. You might even weld them, add more hose clamps or actual bands. Really though, that's out of the league of how I use them. The unistrut isn't the weak point and everything else can be enforced or added to for more strength. Rust in Arizona also isn't my biggest problem and we can reach all of ours with a ladder.
-------- Original message -------- From: Tim Reichhart <[email protected]> Date:03/13/2015 9:30 AM (GMT-07:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] as anybody use power/unistrut for tower standoff bracket Rory Would this hold up sector with rf armor shields on an 130ft tower? Tim From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] as anybody use power/unistrut for tower standoff bracket Very strong. Use 2-3 hose clamps, commercial ones with weight ratings. We mount one on top one on bottom, pipe between them. Can easily handle use hanging on them. Here we have them holding up the Mimosa's we just put up on a windmill. Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Reichhart Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] as anybody use power/unistrut for tower standoff bracket Rory How strong and safe are them brackets? Tim From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 12:09 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] as anybody use power/unistrut for tower standoff bracket We use these on locations with odd poles at lower locations. Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 2:00 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] as anybody use power/unistrut for tower standoff bracket Nice Jaime Solorza On Mar 12, 2015 2:16 PM, "Jeremy" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Deep Slotted strut + two 1 1/2" ten foot conduit sections with clamps = about $30 and gives you twenty foot of sector mounting space. The MTOW product line is amazing, but there is something to be said for a solid solution on the cheap. On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Slotted uni strut works well for this but why re invent the wheel? WB mfg has affordable mounting options. .. Jaime Solorza On Mar 12, 2015 12:56 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: And not just plated, but dipped. Makes a big difference. Unistrut is usually just plated. If it's a quality plating job, it might be OK, because I see several bits of galvanized unistrut here and there, and they look fine even after years. But I occasionally see a hunk of unistrut that didn't have enough plating, and they will show their age. HDG hangs in for the long haul. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 3/12/2015 11:49 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: I should have said MTOWP is galvanized, in other words it works, works well, don't bother with strut =P Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340<tel:937-552-2340> Direct: 937-552-2343<tel:937-552-2343> 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I think he was referring to unistrut. MTOW-P doesn't have a channel From: Af [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 1:49 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] as anybody use power/unistrut for tower stand off bracket It's galvanized... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340<tel:937-552-2340> Direct: 937-552-2343<tel:937-552-2343> 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mar 12, 2015 1:44 PM, "That One Guy" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: It works good, but Im leary of it because of the channel holding water and rust On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: MTOWP. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340<tel:937-552-2340> Direct: 937-552-2343<tel:937-552-2343> 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mar 12, 2015 1:40 PM, "Tim Reichhart" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: as anybody used power/unistrut to make an tower stand off bracket before? The reason why I am asking this is because I am getting ready to mount 3 sectors on an tower that is 130 ft up and I see some of them tower stand offs are around 300 dollars per set I cant see spending that much on something like this. Thanks Tim -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
