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Subject: [TowerTalk] Pier Pin Installation
From: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 00:38:59 +0000
a drawing in my rohn catalog shows a 4" projection on a pier pin.

John wrote:
> 
> I'm putting up 48' of Rohn 25G with a pier-pin base.  (I know, some will
> argue against pier-pin as overkill, but that's how I'm doing it.)
> 
> My question is this:  Using the pier pin sold by Texas Towers for this
> base, how deep should the pier-pin be sunk in the concrete?  Texas
> Towers couldn't answer the question and their salesperson looked through
> the Rohn catalog and couldn't find the information.  A call to Rohn
> Friday yielded no help, as both their salespeople were either out of the
> office or terminally on the phone.
> 
> I'd like to know how much pin to expose above the concrete to work
> properly.
> 
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