Since the biggest tower we have is 5", I would like that. On a somewhat related note, would anyone else be interested in a smaller/lighter duty version of the M-TOW? they're overkill for a lot of stuff we do... I'm thinking something like 3" max pipe and thinner steel. I guess there wouldn't really be a lot of point unless it was a fair amount cheaper... having lighter stuff to take up towers would be nice in some cases, but that's probably not a good enough reason on it's own.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. > One of my distributors is asking that I go from 4.5” to 5” pipe ability on > all my stuff. That is a pretty minor change and I will probably do that. > > *From:* George Skorup > *Sent:* Monday, January 16, 2017 6:02 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Pipe mounts > > That was me. The angle-iron leg deal I was talking about, I don't actually > need anything specifically designed for angle-iron, we simply turn the back > clamp inwards. Works perfectly fine. However, like I said, the back side of > the angle is about 5-3/4" if I remember. That's the tower where we order > clamp halves that are 7" hole to hole center. A couple other examples that > I can give... Angle iron leg, 6-3/4", sloped. Round leg, 8-1/4", sloped. > Angle leg, 12-3/4", sloped. (old AT&T Long-Lines sites, big mothertruckers > from ground to 125 feet) > > We're on so much different shit, we pretty much have to order what we need > for the particular site we'll be working at. And most of the time on > free-standers, the legs get smaller as you go up. So we might need to put > dishes at 100-140 feet and sectors at 240-260, which means two completely > different sets of mounts for one site. > > I would say a model that can accommodate up to 4.5" OD and another for 4.5 > to 9" OD, sloped or not. For your 1-to-2 pipe arrangement, most towers will > fall in one of those two. For the big leg sites, I'm not as worried since, > as I mentioned, that's mostly for mounting dishes lower. > > We ordered I don't even know how many of these kits last year. 3' HP > dishes on 4.5" pipes adapted to 6" to 8" legs. Some angle, some round. Some > sloped, some not. http://www.ciwireless.com/product/welded-pipe-to-pipe- > adaptor-set-for-tapered-round-members-2-38-in-5-in-od-pipe- > to-4-in-9-in-od-pipe/ > > On 1/16/2017 2:38 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > I have been asked to spin versions of my tower mounts that work on angle > iron legs. OK, done. Will be released soon for general availability. > > Now I am getting request for larger units that will fit a 5” pipe. We > currently will fit a 4.5” pipe. > > If I spin a larger version, shall I go 6” or??? Someone recently > suggested 7” center to center on the bolts which would fit over a 6.5” pipe. > > Are there some standard tower leg and mounting pipe increments I need to > look at? > > >
