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Dana,<br>
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Could you tell me a bit more about that 100' tower?<br>
The last I knew, SWWP only offered a 70' tower. So this would be a
3rd party tower?<br>
Xzeres (formerly ARE)? Or LMW&S? And is that schedule 40 pipe or
schedule 10?<br>
<br>
Did you install the concrete foundations? Since you've installed
some tilt towers before,<br>
I would imagine you understand the importance of having the
foundations line up correctly.<br>
For this reason, I hate finishing a tower installation someone else
started! I've seen as much<br>
as a 6 foot difference in elevation between the two side anchors on
owner installed foundations.<br>
<br>
Under ideal circumstances and on that mythical frictionless plane,
I'd allot 1 day with 3<br>
people for assembly and another day with 4 people during the initial
raising of the empty tower <br>
and the final raising with the cherry on top. Having a side spotter
on these towers is invaluable!<br>
<br>
The trick of course is knowing all the unknowns before hand ;-)<br>
<br>
Roy Butler<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family:
"Century Gothic","sans-serif";">They
have a Skystream Wind Generator, concrete bases are in place
and a 100’
tower kit, but not the tower pipe sections. We are just
starting to look
at the erection process of this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family:
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anyone erected a 100’ tower for a Skystream wind generator?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family:
"Century Gothic","sans-serif";">I
have done 100’ tilt up towers in the past but not for this
size of a wind
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family:
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so, how many man-hours would you allot for the assembly of
the tower on the
ground and raising? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family:
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all goes smoothly and a worst case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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am aware of having to 20’ - “gin-pole” the 50’ gin-pole,
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