Need nut, bolt, washer specs for Rohn 25 tower

[KC9GBM]

I use Anti Seize for the nuts and bolts and the tower joints.

Call your tower friend and ask why they use 1/4 and 5/16 because I really do not get it but I drill them out and use 5/16 on both, I have two 70 foot Rohn 25 towers and when I am in the air, the fewer tools the better!

The Anti Seize works wonders, brush it on at the top of each nipple, don't go crazy with it! That just makes a leaking mess.

I put my tower together on the ground first so there will be no surprises in the air, you know like burrs from the galvanizing or bent nipples, we all hate a bent nipple :rofl:

We tend to skimp on things,

NEVER EVER SKIMP ON SAFETY! EVER!

Remember I talked about the fewer tools the better? Attach a bucket to a rope that you can carry tools with you.

I am a mechanic and I use my cordless impact gun, you don't need one, but it makes time go by quicker, I duct tape the socket to the gun so I don't knock it off accidentally.

Have you ever seen the anti static wrist straps? See attached image I bought a few because they are cheap

Again I use the duct tape and tape the coil strap to the wrench and the wrist strap to the bucket handle, it is a pain in the ass to climb up and down several times if you drop something!

Lastly, I attach a wrist strap to a SMALL ball peen hammer and a tapered drift punch.


I use the punch as an alignment tool, JUST IN CASE.

[N9FE]

OK :whistle