I have seen multiple of these fabricated towers in IL, mainly to the south of I-80. Not sure, but they are fairly solid, suggestion, have Brandon take down the Dipole antenna if not needed anymore or it will be wiggly up top....
Erich Kaiser North Central Tower [email protected] Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I recognize that tower. > > Some 2way towers I think were locally fabricated. That one maybe by the > Scary Tower Manufacturing Company. > > > -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 4:54 PM > To: Animal Farm > Subject: [AFMUG] Help Identify This Tower > > Was moved to this location in the early 80's, was originally erected in > another location. Could easily be from the 50's or 60's. From the > Farmer that owns it "<In the early 80's> My Dad took my 1974 pickup > truck and drove to the manufacturer and picked up a new base to put in > the concrete. He was only gone for a couple hours, and I think he went > south <From southwest of Chicago>" No Markings of any kind on the tower > or base. Base of the tower is 7.5' Across. Leg diameter at the base is > 2.25" We've looked through Rohn, Trilon and Pirod, but haven't found > anything similar. The Legs actually taper down in size within the bolt > together sections. The First section appears to be 50' tall. The > Standoffs you see in the picture are welded to the tower on 1 side, and > U Clamped on the other. > > Nate > > > >
