I have done that in the past... I was thinking something a little heavier than that, kind of halfway between, but I'm not sure there's really enough market for it. I guess generally if the satellite feet aren't good enough it's not a big deal to go all the way to an M-TOW.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > I could do a powder coated zinc electroplate version that is made out of > the same stuff satellite tv antenna mounts are made out of. Actually, why > not just use satellite feet with U bolts? > > *From:* Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 17, 2017 9:09 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Pipe mounts > > 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 <ch...@wbmfg.com> 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:* af@afmug.com >> *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/prod >> uct/welded-pipe-to-pipe-adaptor-set-for-tapered-round-member >> s-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? >> >> >> >
