Author: Chris Wynn via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:25:10 +0000 (UTC)
I am in the process of putting up a TX-472. So far, I have been relatively lucky and things have gone pretty smoothly. I dug the hole using an excavator and "slightly" over dug it by a few feet. F
Author: "J. Hunt via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 02:03:00 -0700
Please do not do any tower raising until after 30 days, possibly longer due to 16 cubic yard mass. It is not worth fracturing the concrete. The George sun radiant energy only goes a few inches below
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:24:13 -0500
Standard cement products cure to 90% of their final strength in 28 days. Large chunks get hot from the inside out as the curing process is an exothermic (heat producing) chemical reaction. Patrick NJ
Author: Chris Wynn via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 19:31:34 -0700
Thanks guys. I am planning on waiting a few more weeks before raising the tower. We have been pretty lucky with some pretty consistent rain, which will only help hydration. I ran into some rotor
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 05:13:07 +0000 (UTC)
I ordered 5000# concrete and according to my PE, was able to put my TX472 up in three days. As it turned out, because of other issues, I didn't get all my ducks in a row 'til about a week after the p
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 02:38:34 -0400
I only used 3500# concrete which was more than called for. Had we moved the tower base to where I would have preferred it, it would have pretty much doubled the concrete from 5 to 10 Cu Yards. Unfort
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:22:33 -0500
You can trade $ for time by over-specifying the strength of the concrete but I would not have been too eager to put the tower up after 3 days. A good wind storm could make you regret the rush. Of cou
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:58:01 +0000 (UTC)
That's what my PE said. He's a ham who was recommendedby this forum and I trust his knowledge of the matter. The costdifferential was minimal. It's nice that, in the Great Pacific"Northwet", we don't
Well, to be more accurate, not often and not large ones in the Pacific NW. Don W7WLL That's what my PE said. He's a ham who was recommendedby this forum and I trust his knowledge of the matter. The c