[BC] CKST 1040 Tower Demolition

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Well, I have been supervising tower work recently and will say this.  It 
costs a large amount of money to dismantle a tower unless it is 
something like a 45G.  Old towers take a lot of time to dismantle.  And 
the rigging company I deal with tells me that some of their customers 
insurance company do not want to insure old towers that have been 
dismantled and re-erected.  Easier and cheaper to use explosives or 
judicious use of a D8 tugging a guy cable.

Scott Todd wrote:
> That's a bit of a bummer.  Too bad the towers had such structural 
> problems they couldn't be dismantled instead.  Bet a lot of hams would 
> have loved to grab a few of those tower sections.
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> Scott Todd
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