Move your site to Olympia, Wa!
Back on Oct 25, 200, it cost me $189 to have about
8 yards of concrete pumped 200' to my tower hole.
But then, it was downhill (hi) and the outfit was
named "Concrete Cowboy".
Check the pumpers first for cost.
k7puc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Hackler" <rhackler@mindspring.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:14 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Concrete suggestions
> Hey gang,
>
> So, here's the meat of the question. I am in the process of putting
up a 50
> foot Universal Aluminum Tower (50-9). I have the hole dug and it is
> slightly larger than the dimensions specified by universal. Universal
> specifies 4x4x4 and I'm closer to 4x4x4.5. My calculations come up to
just
> over 2.5 yards of concrete.
>
> The problem is that there is no easy way to get to the hole. My front
yard
> is very steep, so bringing a full size truck to the back is not an
option.
> I haven't checked, but I imagine that pumping is prohibitively
expensive. I
> don't relish the idea of carting 200 bags of sacrete to the back and
mixing
> it.
>
> Anyone have any ideas? This is the first tower I have erected in the
US,
> ant when I did the last one in HL I had the help of your tax dollars
(thanks
> guys!).
>
> As a side note, I'm concerned with the specs (or lack thereof) that
> universal provided. The base has no rebar in it. With a block of
that
> size, I think Rebar is probably a requirement. Your thoughts?
>
> 73 de KN6RO
>
> Roger Hackler
> Senior Systems Engineer
> Siemens Energy & Automation
> Atlanta, GA
>
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