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Re: [TowerTalk] Where should the nuts go?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Where should the nuts go?
From: John Ammeter <jammeter@cablespeed.com>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:56:12 -0700
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With three nuts.... one down inside the concrete so the bolt can't pull 
out.  The other two for the baseplate.

John

On 4/13/2010 1:52 PM, k2qmf@juno.com wrote:
> Between the legs.....
>
> Of the tower that is!!!
>
>
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:22:11 -0400 "B. Nowak"<n8snm@comcast.net>  writes:
>    
>> If I remember correctly, two nuts below the baseplate.  One nut below
>> is ok
>> if mortar is used below baseplate.
>> This was detailed in the drawing package I received.
>>
>> Brad - N8SNM
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:<K7LXC@aol.com>
>> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>;<fserota@msn.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 2:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Where should the nuts go?
>>
>>
>>      
>>> In a message dated 4/13/2010 10:20:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>>>
>>>        
>>>>   Just putting up a new TX455. The base plate comes with 3  nuts
>>>>          
>> on each
>>      
>>> long
>>> bolt embedded in the concrete. Question is: Do 2 nut  belong below
>>>        
>> the
>>      
>>> baseplate for locking the level, and one nut above the  plate, or
>>>        
>> the
>>      
>>> other
>>> way around with one nut below and 2 nuts  above?
>>>
>>>     The weight of the tower will keep the bottom nuts  from going
>>>        
>> anywhere.
>>      
>>> You double nut the top of the bolts to make sure they  won't go
>>>        
>> anywhere
>>      
>>> either.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Steve    K7LXC
>>> TOWER TECH
>>> UST Factory authorized installer
>>>
>>>
>>>
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