Dawson/20 Acre ParcelFred Leistiko
From: Fred and Connie Leistiko [fleistiko@centurytel.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:37 PM
To: airport@kalispell.com
Subject: Fw: 20 Acre parcel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Dawson" <dawson@hatdaw.com>
To: "Fred and Connie Leistiko" <fleistiko@centurytel.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: 20 Acre parcel
> Fred
> Now that I have the dimensions of the 20 acre parcel, I have had our
> draftsman make up a nice large drawing, and we can get the towers on the
> parcel with no difficulty (assuming the same spacing as the existing
> system - we'll check that later today or tomorrow). One or two of the
> guy anchors are going to have to be off the property, but not by a whole
> lot.
> ben
> Fred and Connie Leistiko wrote:
>> Ben:
>> For planning purposes I have been under an assumption that the guy
>> wires run about half the distance the underground radials do. I am
>> not that far off then. 70% of the 325' towers is around 227' and
>> depending on how we place the three guy wires, we can get pretty close
>> to the property lines with the actual towers.
>> Fred
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Dawson" <dawson@hatdaw.com>
>> To: "Fred and Connie Leistiko" <fleistiko(@centurytel.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 5:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: 20 Acre parcel
>>> Fred
>>> It's perfectly practical to construct 325 foot self-supporting
>>> towers. It is just not inexpensive. And guyed towers require that
>>> the guy anchors be located at reasonable distances from the tower
>>> base. Around 70% of the height is normal, as little as 20% is
>>> sometimes possible, but decreased guy anchor radius also runs up
>>> cost, and there is a point of diminishing returns at some minimum
>>> radius. It is a question that must be answered by a structural
>>> engineer who is knowledgeable about towers. When we get to that
>>> point I will give you a couple of recommendations.
>>> ben
>>> Fred and Connie Leistiko wrote:
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>>>> Ben:
>>>> I will have to get the legal description for you on Monday. Maybe
>>>> one of the guy wires could be a few feet (20' to 30') outside the
>>>> property lines on the east, west and south. But, if we can do self
>>>> supporting towers 325' high, we'll look at it.
>>>> Fred
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Dawson"
>>>> <dawsonahatdaw.com>
>>>> To: "Fred and Connie Leistiko" <fleistiko@centurytel.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:56 PM
>>>> Subject: 20 Acre parcel
»»> Fred
>>>>> The map has arrived.
>>>>> I am not sure tht the two towers will even actually fit on this
>>>>> parcel. I am having our draftsman make up a new overlay. Can you
>>>>> obtain the legal description of the property (metes and bounds) so
>>>>> that I can make a large scale drawing?
>>>>> If the towers will fit, they will almost surely have to be
>>>>> self-supporting, because some of the anchors for guy wires for
>>>>> guyed towers would have to be off the parcel.
»»> Ben
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