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1. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: k1my@nlis.net (Bruce Makas); Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 17:54:10 -0500; Does anyone have any simple trick they use to keep the first tower section vertical when the concrete is poured. I will put a form around the top of the hole so that the top of the concrete will be a; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00063.html (7,931 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC); Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:12:41 EST; You mean like 25/45G? After putting several inches of gravel in the bottom of the hole for drainage, set the bottom of the section on the gravel. I tie some rope to each leg and the other end to a st; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00065.html (9,301 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC); Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:43:17 EST; I have a corner square (available at you local hardware store) that I ty-wrap to a tower leg and continually watch level as the concrete is being poured and floated. I then use rope and guy the base; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00066.html (8,321 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: Jim Pratt <n6ig@netcom.com> (Jim Pratt); Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 16:14:12 -0800 (PST); I put up Rohn towers the way the book says to: using a pier pin. Construct your foundation, place your rebar, pour your concrete. Then, when it starts to set up, stick the pier pin into the center of; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00067.html (9,562 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: rthorne@arn.net (Richard Thorne); Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 18:37:38 -0600; Bruce: I attached a 10' section to my concrete base. I then used some cheap Radioshack guywire and turnbuckles to guy the top section to trees and/or stakes in the ground. I used a level on all three; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00068.html (9,363 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck); Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 23:05:20 -0600; Bruce, I sink the first section (or part section sawed off from the last tower) into the prepared base like K7LXC described. The rocks in the bottom are very important to drain the water out of the t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00072.html (10,111 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 11:40:28; For those who are interested, you'll find a detailed but fairly interesting discussion of the relative merits of pier pin vs embedded base on the KA9FOX web site. It's from several years ago, on the; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00075.html (8,142 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: jmarchand@ecrm.com (MarchandJohn); Date: 7 Jan 1998 07:48:54 -0400; Hi Bruce, You could always get 3 of those small, cheap "bullet" levels, tape one to each leg of the tower section. Pound a stake in the ground about 10' out from each leg of the tower. Attach a rope; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00076.html (9,251 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole); Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 10:18:44 -0500 (EST); On doing concrete bases, one serious note, one not: 1. why not use a length of twoXfour nailed to a ground stake and u-bolted to each leg (three pieces of wood, three stakes, etc.) the way constructi; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00077.html (8,618 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay); Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 06:29:37 -0900; I assume instruction # 2 is applicable only to blondes? de KL7HF -- To: <towertalk@contesting.com> potentially -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contes; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00078.html (9,479 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC); Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 10:47:48 EST; This is a BIG drawback. You need to have excellent rigging skills and the right tools in order to install safe temporary guys. These are rare commodities in amateur circles. I discourage anyone from; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00081.html (9,003 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: zettel@homer.libby.org (Steve Zettel); Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 12:21:31 -0700; I used a method that I haven't seen mentioned yet to ensure the base section of my Rohn 45G tower was plumbed throughout the concrete pour and set-up phase: A foot of gravel in the bottom of the hole; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00086.html (9,663 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: wtill@bordercity.com (William Till); Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 12:22:27 -0700; If a ham can't be trusted to install adequate temporary guys, how is he going to install acceptable permanent guys on the rest of his tower?? I prefer the pier pin arrangements, as do most tower manu; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00087.html (8,977 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: k4oj@ij.net (k4oj); Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 20:30:58 -0500; we just finished puur first non-embedded section/pier pin install - it was no biggee....if oyu have multiple guy levels on the tower just use thpose positions with your guy grips without fully seatin; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00096.html (8,503 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: steve@oakcom.com (Steve Maki); Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 01:43:16 -0500; Another method is to pre-assemble 30' of tower on the ground, with the first set of guys attached, then somehow lift that 30' into place. There is any number of methods for accomplishing that; if you; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00103.html (8,721 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: k4oj@ij.net (k4oj); Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 01:59:57 -0500; Steve - agrred a multiple section tilt up is easier to do but we were putting up 55G! AT 100 lbs per section one at a time is quite enough to handle! Steve Maki K8LX wrote the following moments ago..; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00104.html (8,275 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1): Author: steve@oakcom.com (Steve Maki); Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 10:43:57 -0500; Well, I'm sure you guys could figure out which method is easiest for you. I was just throwing out an alternative. I've got a trailer mounted tower that I use as a small crane, which probably skews my; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00109.html (8,032 bytes)

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