Sorry .. don't agree, Mel .. your idears are right, but we hams have been doin' this for years, and I yet to have kilt nobody .. d6dx -- Original Message -- From: "Mel Martin" <ve2dc@rac.ca> To: <tow
In preparing for the installation of my Rohn HDBX-48 tower I noticed that the concrete base diagram showed what I refer to as a 'toe'. That is, the hole for the base is rectangular -- something like
Gary/K3GB The design of the tower "toes" was carefully engineered by the tower manufacture and shouldn't be arbitrarily changed. Structural changes need to be made by a engineer or otherwise qualifie
Gary, Just installed my HDBX 48 in Virginia Northern Neck sand...made it easy for the back hoe man...6'X6'X6'...fills up nicely with 7 cu ft of 3000psi concrete. Ensure you follow the rebar layout. I
Gary: IF you make the foundation straight sided at the plan base dimension (largest size at bottom) you should have no problems as far as your installation is concerned. I also wondered why they call
My guess is sales of towers were dropping as the cost of concrete went up...at todays cost the concrete and digging the hole cost more than the tower! Then ad the cost of a climbing belt and gin pole
Just can't hold my tongue any longer. You guys with all the concrete and money! Up until 2000, I had up 4 towers over 100' (Rohn 45 and 25) and only 1 had any concrete at all (in 2000 for my Rohn 55G
...thank you Slick Willy, and all the lawyers you wrought! You have broke us all...would love to go into business for myself but there is no way - FOL Fear Of Lawyers K4OJ pier used the station my th
supporting And your point is...? This stuff has never been free. What does tower sales have to do with concrete cost? What tower sales? To what market? A backhoe is relatively cheap for what it does.
YUP, I don't disagree with any of your comments but you have a pretty narrow mined view, prolly because you're so into the business of HAM RADIO. Lots of hams these days are retired and on fixed inco
Gary: I agree with Randy AC7NJ: Don't abitrarily change the engineer's design for the foundation. If I understand your suggestion, you are asking if it would be OK simply to dig out the foundation to
YUP, It might sink all the way to China! Please, an extra cubic yard of concrete isn't going to make any difference other than cost him another $85 buck. The toe for his application is useless. All o
And out here in the cornfields of Iowa, you can't even find anyone to CLIMB the damned things and give you a hand fixing stuff up top!! When you do, that'll cost you a month's salary too!! Where is t
Dave et al: My responses below. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com> To: EUGENE SMAR <SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net> Cc: ac7nj@bentonrea.com <ac7nj@bentonrea.co
Sorry Gene, I'm not impressed... or swayed by 1.64, etc. You have you fun with your books and calculations and you spend all the money you want on soil engineers, tests, etc. I'll get the tower up wo
Dave et al: My response below (again.) 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com> To: EUGENE SMAR <SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net> Cc: ac7nj@bentonrea.com <ac7nj@bento
Well, I have a list of climbers that I've collected over the years. I thought about a website where climbers could be listed but am not a web guy so that didn't go anywhere. If someone is looking for
Sorry Dave... but when you are putting up structures than can kill someone... it should be done in a "professional" way... which doesn't necessarily mean hiring someone... but you DON'T put up a str
SOrry Mel, BUt we talking about an extra cubic yard of concrete...not taking chances in my view or most folks with any common or practical sense! 73s, dave wa3gin