You would be better off replacing the bolt with a longer one that goes through a piece of angle iron. Two clamps per angle iron then a U bolt in the center between clamps. Two of these per mount (on different hoops) with a 2-3/8 HDG pipe clamped in the U bolts.
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 9:47 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Tighten the beam clamp to the strap. Then use a connecting nut on the > protruding bolt: > > https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Hillman-1-4-20-Stainless-Coupling-Nut-8-Pack-45132/204775435?cm_mmc=Shopping-BA-F_Test-G-D25H-25_3_FASTENERS-NA-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Fasteners_PLA_GMT-71700000069206243-58700006141909138-92700055508967946&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6LSGqtyi7AIVisDACh1dogGwEAQYBCABEgLbzfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&locale=en-US&mtc=Shopping-BA-F_Test-G-D25H-25_3_FASTENERS-NA-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Fasteners_PLA_GMT&source=shoppingads > > Then you will have a nice tapped hole to mount all kinds of things to. > > > > *From:* Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 7, 2020 7:53 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mounting to Cement Stave Silos > > Google this: Parallel Beam Clamp, 3/4 in., 316 SS, > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 7, 2020, at 6:05 AM, David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com> > wrote: > > > > Not a bad idea, we hadn’t thought of that one. The silo owners might be > nervous about that, but it shouldn’t put any noticeable metal fatigue on > the bands due to welding. We’ll ask about that. You don’t have any tower > mounts that clamp down to ¾” in diameter do you? Clamping around it and > welding at the same time would really give it some strength. > > > > We have worked on one silo in the past that used Ken’s suggestion of the > Rohn clamped to it. That would definitely work, we were just hoping for > something that would be quicker to implement. > > > > As always, we appreciate the ideas, > > > > David Coudron > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 7, 2020 6:49 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mounting to Cement Stave Silos > > > > Weld to the bands? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Oct 7, 2020, at 3:28 AM, David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com> > wrote: > > > > Thanks Colin, > > > > I think the diameter of the silo will probably rule these out. It looks > like it would be a great option for silos with smaller diameters, but the > ones we are working with are 30-40 ft in diameter. The banding might be > an option, but it will be tough to get around the top of the silo with a > large diameter without a boom truck. We may have to bring in a boom > truck, but are planning to do our work from the ladder and attach our > equipment close to the ladder for serviceability. > > > > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 6, 2020 10:19 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mounting to Cement Stave Silos > > > > Oh, here there are some. Banding and tension tool: > https://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=29 > > > > Clamps that work with the banding, although these are a smaller model that > may be more for cable than pipes: > https://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=75 > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 10:05 PM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What is the diameter? If not too big, you may find some of the chimney > mounts here useful: > https://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=776 > > > > It may be easier to put your own metal band setup, there must be some > specific blocks that you can use to both tension them and create a solid > mounting point. > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 9:59 PM David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com> > wrote: > > We have a new project in which we will be using cement stave solid for a > couple of tower locations. They aren’t ideal for our application, but > they are the only tall structures in the area we need two towers and the > project has to be complete by the end of the year, so we are not going to > have time to build any kind of alternate structure. The silos have a > round metal band that runs horizontally around each level of the cement > staves. We plan to attached a pole vertically to several of those bands > so that we can mount our equipment on. Each pole will be attached to 3-4 > of the bands. We are wondering if anyone has done that in the past and > what they have used. Our go to bracket for towers is the M-TOW-A from > Chuck, but they aren’t the right application for this. Chuck, I don’t > know if you have something else that would work better, or has anyone seem > a bracket/clamp that works well for this application? We are thinking a > clam type clamp that clamps to the horizontal metal band (it is tough to > get a bracket between the metal band and the cement stave) and will clamp > to a vertical pole would be a winner, but haven’t seen anything like > this. Anyone done this in the past? > > > > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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