Tony wrote:

Jeff The Drunk wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:18:32 -0400, Tony wrote:

I'm thinking of buying a property that was once the sight for a local
dish satellite system. My first concern is liability, although it seems
very well built and there is no rust through the galvanized tubing. It's
100' tall in 5 20' sections with three cables at 3 places around the
tower, total of 9 cables. A view from the top would look like a
triangle, each side about 3' and it appears to be the same size from the
top to the bottom.

I did just find a fairly close sign company with a 120' crane, but today
is sunday so I can't call. I don't know what the tower would cost,
maybe someone would take it for free if they take it down? Maybe it's
worth more?

If it gets expensive I think I could topple the thing one direction
where it is far from any buildings or trees. It actually looks easy
using the cables but that also sounds like a story for the Darwin
awards.

Any suggestions appreciated. I thought of renting out antenna space but
I figure it would already be done if anyone was interested.

Looking for suggestions of things to ask or research that I may not
think of. I guess i could leave 20 or 40 feet there and put a TV
antenna on it!

Might as well leave the whole tower up if you're going to leave up to 40
feet of it.

Liability. The house next door is less than 100' away.

Guyed towers *do not* fall over in one piece. Short of deliberate
sabotage, a guyed tower will fall within about 30% of it's height. The
tower manufacturer's engineers can provide certified documentation of
this for you to show anyone interested, such as your insurance company.