Be careful with the tower you are going on and the added weight and wind load. If you are renting from a company I would have a new structural analysis. If that is the last item installed on the tower and there is a structure failure at some point in the future, liability typically falls on the user who last added something to the tower. If you added without conducting a new analysis by a structural engineer, good luck getting your liability company to pay for damages should the tower fail.
This is an easy task to blow off and say its no big deal and you will likely get away with it for a long time. Its never cheap going to the engineer but then again having to pay to replace a tower AND all the damages from all the other people renting on the tower for their loss of services will bankrupt you easily, especially if there is public safety equipment or cellular carriers on said tower. Thank You, Brian Webster <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keefe John Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 3:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [WISPA Members] Ice shield recommendations http://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail <http://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=2994> &p=2994 On 9/4/2015 2:58 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: I've seen home made stuff made of angle iron.� Also once saw an ice shield made of steel pipe and chain link fencing.� Overkill is better than underkill. On 9/4/2015 3:42 PM, George Skorup wrote: Chuck McCown makes an ice shield (or used to make, can't find it on the website). I believe it's big enough to protect a 2' dish. If you're mounting a sector on a tower leg, I would think it'd be more than enough. On 9/4/2015 10:29 AM, Ian Sawyer wrote: The ice storms that have hit us these last two winters have me worrying a bit about our first Telrad deployment. Losing a rocket dish I could live with, the Telrad AP not so much. The Telrad sectors I�ll be mounting @ 200� on a 350� tower. I�ve taken a look @ Tessco and Site Pro 1. I�m not sure the �Mini Ice Shields� provide enough protection, and the other options seem overkill and crazy priced. Anyone have any other recommendations � looking for cheaper than $1k. It�s a tapered tower, and currently there is not much above 200�. � _______________________________________________ Members mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/members
