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1. [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: Kent Olsen <kilo6dko@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:27:01 -0800; I have never worked with rebar or concrete but it seem fairly strait forward in building the cage and pouring the concrete. I have read the the rebar cannot be with in 3" of the dirt or it will rust; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00194.html (7,290 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:39:55 -0800; A layer of gravel at the bottom of the hole. If you put the bottom section of the tower into the concrete pour as many of us do, the layer of gravel is important for another reason -- it provides dra; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00196.html (7,936 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: Gene Smar <ersmar@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:01:34 -0600 (CST); Kent: There are a couple of things folks do to keep the ends of rebar off the dirt at the bottom of excavations. One is to purchase commercial blocks that have tie wires built in. The name escapes me; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00198.html (9,669 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:10:54 -0500; Do it like the pros. Rod chairs (sometimes go by other names) made of plastic or metal, allow the bar to sit above the ground. Cost is minimal. They can be obtained from your concrete supplier or fro; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00199.html (8,520 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: KJ6Y--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:11:24 -0500; Use doby blocks. You do not want to use regular bricks. They will absorb moisture, again causing the rebar to rust. I did that on one of my first tower installations, and the inspector would not pass; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00200.html (10,761 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: Kent Olsen <kilo6dko@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:12:33 -0800; WOW!! Thanks to all that replied!! I am going to go with the suggested dobie blocks. Only .35 cents each at Home Depot. 73 Kent K6DKO _______________________________________________ _________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00202.html (7,516 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:49:15 -0500; forward in building the cage and pouring the concrete. I have read the the rebar cannot be with in 3" of the dirt or it will rust and fall apart. What do you do in the bottom where the rebar sits on; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00204.html (8,544 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: <n0tt1@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:34:36 +0000; Kent, If one wants to get the "right stuff", some inexpensive plastic "chairs" that support the rebar off the dirt are available. Those can be seen at highway construction job sites and places like t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00205.html (9,539 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: "James Wolf" <jbwolf@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:21:02 -0500; I just googled it and it appears they don't call it a roof mount any more. Rohn calls it a Concrete Base Plate. P/N BPC45G. Mine is slightly different in that it has three holes in it to bolt it to t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00211.html (10,968 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: <samsadventure@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 01:49:55 +0000; I think I have one out back, if I remember its got the three long legs on it? If someone needs it let me know, Sam N5FO email good on qrz Sent from Windows Mail I just googled it and it appears they; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00214.html (11,620 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:23:41 -0600; Do not place the rebar directly on the dirt. Use "chairs" or other means to maintain a space. Chairs are little blocks of concrete with embedded wire to facilitate tying. Available at big box stores.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00224.html (9,876 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Nube rebar question (score: 1): Author: "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@mediacombb.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:31:15 -0600; Jim-- Thanks, I thought that was the case. I have a Rohn (25) tower, mounted in almost that way. (Mine uses the "Tilt-Base" version, with 3 bolts for the stationary part. Bill--W4BSG I just googled i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00226.html (11,803 bytes)

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