Wind turbine towers - Page 7

 
crank-up towers

  Jim Wilkins wrote:

Could you supply a name of a crank up tower.

 

EZ-Way towers, Aluma Towers and others.  (Not sure of formatting of EZ-Way name,
but I am close)  Look on amateur radio boards for used, such as;
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t 2745  or the usual web resources for
new.

Remember that a wind turbine will present a high wind load to the tower.  You
will likely need guy wires even if the tower is advertised as "self supporting".

Vaughn (WB4UHB)

 

Hello, Drew.

I know exactly what you mean about working on a wind system on the ground. I
have the same thoughts as you. Climbing a 80' guyed lattice to do blade or
yaw drive inspection and/or maintenance, sounds like no fun to me, so a
lay-over type is what I would like.

Here's a site that gives a little insight.

http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_wind_towers.html

Good luck.

Harley