Adjustable tower reinforcement and stabilization attachment
AssigneeValmont Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrandon M. Chapman, Kari A. Chittenden
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AssigneeValmont Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrandon M. Chapman, Kari A. Chittenden
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The present invention provides an adjustable bolt-on brace attachment for strengthening standard field irrigation towers and tapered sections of field irrigations towers to stabilize a tower. In one aspect of the present invention, an attachment for stabilizing field irrigation towers allows the user to easily assemble the adjustable bolt-on brace in the field wherein three threaded ¾ inch rods span between the each of the three weight bearing poles of the field irrigation system. Each ¾ inch threaded rod is spanned between each pair of weight-bearing poles of a tower attaching at each pole by a galvanized steel two-sided clamp which is double bolted-on to each pole. The adjustable threaded rods may span from 15 inches to 49 inches of each of three tower faces and adjustable double sided steel clamps fit field irrigations tower legs sizes from ⅞ inch to 2½ inches diameter.
An apparatus for stabilizing a field irrigation tower, wherein the apparatus comprises three threaded rods with double-bolted clamps configured to form an adjustable collar around the legs of the field irrigation tower, the apparatus comprising: