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[TowerTalk] Starting with the rerod.

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Starting with the rerod.
From: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:15:34 -0400
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The contractor removed and delivered the tower (LM470) to the apron in front of my shop. They cut the rerod holding the base attachments off at the concrete. Unfortunately, like many things the mounts weren't quite right with the 1/2 inch plate with all the bolt holes being partially in the concrete .

Backing up a bit, this should have been an east removal, except they had added onto the house, so the tower could not be laid down on the mound as it was designed to do. There was 8 feet of house where I needed to put 8 feet of tower, thus the reason for hiring someone with the equipment to easily lift the tower off the base in the "tilt over Position"

Sooo. I've looked at various ways of removing the 4 X 16 X 1/2" plates from the #10 ( 1 1/4") rerod. The fastest is to use the plasma torch and then clean up the 1/2" plate with the mill. A grinder would also work.

I pick up the rerod around 3:30 this afternoon. Price,(cut to length) ~$56.00.

As I still have only one working hand I'll have to get someone to hold the pieces in place as I wire them. I have clamps that will let me do the welding without help. It just takes longer.

The base will be just off the West end of the shop and at the edge of a rather large compost pile ( 50 X 75'). I have a volunteer to dig the hole with a small back hoe, or I can bring the contractor back to dig the hole, place the rerod cage according to spec, coordinate the concrete pour, haul away the excess dirt, remove about the top foot of the compost pile, and repair the damage the work does to the yard. They will do that pretty much in one day.

They will also place the tower so once the concrete is cured, it should be a relatively easy job to pull the tower into place so it can be raised with the installation fixture...I hope.

We will be past the hottest part of summer, so the cure should require a bit less attention.

At least that is the way things are set up now. How they actually proceed is yet to be determined<:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)

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