New Idea for Tower ?

[gblass1]

Just wondering if anyone has tried either a comercial light pole or a wood utility pole as a tower.  Here are some links

Wood telephone/utility poles up to 55 ft

http://www.americanpoleandtimber.com/prod_poles.shtml

Steel Light Poles up to 60 ft

http://www.lightmart.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=2336

The utility poles are designed to be free standing and hold a lot more weight than the average residential wind turbine.  The steel light poles hold rather large and I would guess heavy lamps so I would think they would also work.  They are also engineered and rated for wind load.

George

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[SparWeb]

Sure you can.  But do the math on the allowable wind loading at the top of the tower, and you will see that it will need guy wires for a windmill larger than 5-6 feet in diameter.

Buying one of those new is a pretty expensive way to get a tower, too, considering all the other work that will still remain to finish it.