> Have the same tower, I am wondering about the benefit of grouting,
especially after taking down a TMM433 that had a lot of rust underneath
the base plate as a result of the grouting. My inspection of street
light standards has been inconclusive 50/50 grout/no grout. Same with
cell towers with nuts under the base plates, mostly no grout.
> Besides UST recommending it, why is it an advantage?
You use non-shrink grout and it's supposed to become part of the
weight bearing base.
If you flood the base with grout, it should keep out any water - well,
most of the water anyway.
And the LXC Prime Directive still applies to "DO what the manufacturer
says". But I'm open to real engineering answers on this.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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