fyi marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:19 PM Subject: [TowerTalk] My Nello Tower
> Group // > > First off I do not work for Nello -- nor do I have any association with > them -- I can only tell you my experience with the product -- > > and that IMO the product is fine -- I've got 100 feet of 55N & no > problems -- galvanize is fine -- I can't see much difference between Rohn > & Nello -- > > Now for the install -- > > I called a "recommended ham tower installer" here in the southeast -- he > came out & put the tower together on the ground & suggested he could get a > crane in and set all 100 feet at one time -- sounds easy enough -- but I > was skeptical & concerned about weight issues on the structure lifting 100 > feet at one time -- also the installer complained about the sections not > lining correctly --so he used a drift pin & BMFH to dowel the holes > together -- knocking off some galvanize in the process -- I wasn't too > impressed -- with either the tower or the work at that time -- > > I then called a long time friend who has been a commercial tower installer > for 55 years -- asked him to come out look at the tower before it was > "lifted" .. couple things came up real quick -- first, the Nello sections > are "jig aligned & jig bored" -- meaning the little welded tab on each > section is to be aligned with all the little tabs welded on each > section -- all those tabs should be on the same legs going up --- .. the > first person I contacted did not know this or he would have done so -- > second the commercial installer said he thinks no more than 50 feet should > ever be attempted and he preferred no more than 20 .. > > -- we took the assembled tower apart on the ground & lined the welded > "tab" up for each leg -- amazingly the tower straightened out, the bolts > fit, went together like a glove -- wasn't a problem with the tower, it was > a problem with the first assembly .. it was wrong !! .. > > I asked the commercial installer what about Nello and the quality of > tower -- he said their main product is for the cell phone industry -- he > said they do use a double galvanize process which adds a little weight to > the tower, but the structure is no different from Rohn or anyone else .. > as far as climbing, he says the only difference is the bottom "stringer" > is bent back to the tower and sometimes a shoe lace could catch on the > metal, but since most guys who climb for a living don't have hanging loose > fit shoe laces -- he provided that titbit for my information & safety .. > > Sales & customer support -- it was and is satisfactory -- I bought my > sections through the distributor in Florida -- I had a little > communication problem with the shipping to a depot in Macon, GA -- the > pallets broke and the tower was scattered across the ramp -- had to stop > the gorilla driving the forklift from lifting the sections with the > forklift & knocking off the galvanize .. follow up support for the missing > bolts that got lost in shipping was handled overnight at no extra charge > .. > > I think the Nello product is fine for commercial & amateur applications -- > as long as you follow the manufactures instructions to line up the little > welded tabs on each section -- > > -- cheers de Vic WB4SLM - EM82dp // > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
