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Subject: [TowerTalk] remove tower base
From: "Gregg Seidl" <k9kl@centurytel.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:52:36 -0500
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When I replaced my 60 foot stick of Rohn 25 with an 85 foot stick of Rohn 45 
last year I was stuck with the same problem: how to get the old 3 by 3 by 4 
chunk of concrete out? Owning a large  farm  meant we had a large John Deere 
skid steer. I put the forks on it and dug around the sides to loosen it up 
and then put a large chain around the legs and put a couple of muffler 
clamps around the legs to keep the chains from pulling up. I figured the Z 
bracing would just pull apart. I then let the power of the skid steer pull 
it up as I rocked it back and forth. About 2 minutes of this and out it 
came. Picking up some 3500 pounds of concrete and hauling it away to be 
buried a couple of hundred feet away was rather fun. I don't think the back 
skid steer tires ever touched the ground but it sure was fun driving doing a 
"Polish" wheely.

  Gregg  K9KL 


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