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Subject: [TowerTalk] Concrete suggestions
From: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White, K4OJ)
Date: Wed Apr 16 15:37:33 2003
...check with your equipment rental people on a motorized wheel barrow - 
made for this kind of job - a small engine drives the wheel and you have 
a lot less muscle required to move a batch from your driveway to the hole.

73,

Jim, K4OJ

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Roger Hackler wrote:
> Hey gang,
> 
> So, here's the meat of the question.  I am in the process of putting up a 50
> foot Universal Aluminum Tower (50-9).  I have the hole dug and it is
> slightly larger than the dimensions specified by universal.  Universal
> specifies 4x4x4 and I'm closer to 4x4x4.5.  My calculations come up to just
> over 2.5 yards of concrete.
> 
> The problem is that there is no easy way to get to the hole.  My front yard
> is very steep, so bringing a full size truck to the back is not an option.
> I haven't checked, but I imagine that pumping is prohibitively expensive.  I
> don't relish the idea of carting 200 bags of sacrete to the back and mixing
> it.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?  This is the first tower I have erected in the US,
> ant when I did the last one in HL I had the help of your tax dollars (thanks
> guys!).
> 
> As a side note, I'm concerned with the specs (or lack thereof) that
> universal provided.  The base has no rebar in it.  With a block of that
> size, I think Rebar is probably a requirement.  Your thoughts?
> 
> 73 de KN6RO
> 
> Roger Hackler
> Senior Systems Engineer
> Siemens Energy & Automation
> Atlanta, GA
> 
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