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Re: [TowerTalk] Bag concrete question

To: r miles <greenacres113@charter.net>, antennas <antennas@mailman.qth.net>, towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>, Jim W7RY <w7ry@inbox.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bag concrete question
From: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:02:50 -0700 (PDT)
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If you have a concrete place near you, renting a "u-cart" or whatever they may 
be called at your QTH is better than mixing it yourself.  When I put in the 
base for a Rohn 25 tower I made it bigger and deepart and the specs called for 
and gave the u-car (concrete p[lant folks) what strength I anted and they had 
it ready for me.  It was about 2 years, but they had different size carts.  I 
towed mine behind my Suburban.

Most places require you to return the "cart" semi-clean so I just took it up to 
a u-do-it car wash place and washed the excess concrete out.

Tom, WW5L


--- On Mon, 3/28/11, Jim W7RY <w7ry@inbox.com> wrote:

> From: Jim W7RY <w7ry@inbox.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bag concrete question
> To: "r miles" <greenacres113@charter.net>, "antennas" 
> <antennas@mailman.qth.net>, "towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 7:19 PM
> Seems to me a 90 lb bag was .9 cubic
> feet. So it took 27+ bags to make a 
> cubic yard.
> 
> So a 60 lb bag will be considerably less.
> 
> 73
> Jim W7RY
> 
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> From: "r miles" <greenacres113@charter.net>
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> To: "antennas" <antennas@mailman.qth.net>;
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Bag concrete question
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> >
> > I just purchased a used HyTower & I'm getting
> ready to dig the hole.
> > I've poured a bit the concrete before. Either redi-mix
> or small bag
> > jobs. I have looked  several places at the 60 lb.
> homeowner type bags.
> > Those are OK  but my question is cubic volume.
> None of the 60 lb. bags
> > show cubic volume. I'm guessing it's 1 cubic foot of
> concrete in one of
> > those. Anyone know what the cubic value is?
> > K9IL
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