We've got a 50 year old tower we're in the process of decommisioning. If you've got guy points covered over by soil, expose them immediately. The soil rots things away much faster than the air. See the first couple of photos here. The steel has been mostly penetrated with rust and is flaking apart where the middle guys bolt in. This would not have happened so fast if it were open to the air and visible.
http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/guy/ This is a 95' (probably 100' with 5' in the ground) rohn-25 style non-galvanized tower. We had it reguyed it 10 years ago when we acquired it and left some of the old guys (also pictured) on the tower's torque ears till they broke. Everything has been taken off the old tower now and moved to the new one. We're now waiting for an opportunity to dismantle or topple the old tower before nature finishes things off. The replacement tower is a galvanized rohn-55 with guy anchors that are at least twice the size and strength of what the plans require. -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
