- 1. [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Pier Pin install (score: 1)
- Author: CEPitts <cpitts@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:20:44 -0500
- Need the correct way to do this. In my search efforts could not find any documentation involving this issue. Having installed and taken down various tower installs in the past I am about to do a inst
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00100.html (8,655 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Pier Pin install (score: 1)
- Author: <john@kk9a.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:40:36 -0500
- I always put mine in when pouring the concrete. If it is too soft for the pin to stay in position I pull it out and try again a few minutes later. Eventually the concrete will have the right consiste
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00101.html (8,391 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Pier Pin install (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:41:40 -0500
- Yes. In a past life, I installed 300 ft. of Rohn 55 tower in northern Illinois. The concrete base and rebar cage was to Rohn spec. As the concrete cured, I inserted the pin into the concrete. It onl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00102.html (8,253 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Pier Pin install (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff DePolo" <jd0@broadsci.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:49:28 -0500
- For one of the smaller Rohn tower series that have a flat baseplate, the pier pin is really there only to keep the base from moving laterally during erection. Once there is vertical load on the base
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00104.html (8,448 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Pier Pin install (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Thompson <thompson@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:21:02 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- I had my tower man install the pier pin by drilling a hole in my old crank up concrete base and then using quick epoxy to quickly harden the epoxy in the Rohn 45 concrete base. This was done in Decem
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00105.html (7,425 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Pier Pin install (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Zaimes via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:11:31 +0000 (UTC)
- The Rohn spec is to leave 4" exposed. I use a U-bolt to clamp the rod to a piece of aluminum or steel angle that I place diagonally across the form, checking measurement on the other diagonal to make
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00106.html (9,927 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Pier Pin install (score: 1)
- Author: <john@kk9a.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:23:47 -0500
- That is a great idea Jon, easier than my waiting for the concrete to partially set method and hoping that the pin does not sink. John KK9A The Rohn spec is to leave 4" exposed. I use a U-bolt to clam
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00108.html (7,842 bytes)
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