[BC] CKST 1040 Tower Demolition

[Blake Bowers]

There is a BIG market in used towers, for commercial use.

Never had our insurance company complain.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Lakaytis" <chuck at akpb.org>

> 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.
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