I be ercting my TX455 soon also.
Will you forward those slides to me as well, please.
73 de Andy - VA3PL
-----Original Message-----
From: "Michael Hatzakis, Jr" <mike@hatzakis.net>
To: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>, towertalk@contesting.com
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 08:05:24 -0700
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Tower base concrete work
> if you have broadband will send you the slides for my base, from
> groundbreaking to concrete pouring
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of David Greer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:11 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower base concrete work
>
>
> I am ready to install a new U.S. Tower TX-455 55-foot
> free-standing tower. I previously had one of their
> towers, the TX-438, but had help with the concrete
> work from the dad of my daughter's boyfriend. The dad
> builds convenience stores for a living and has had
> much experience in concrete work in installing large
> signs, canopies over gas pumps, etc. Compared to
> those, he said, the concrete base for the tower was
> child's play.
>
> Well, I have moved a bunch of miles from there, the
> daughter doesn't have the same boyfriend anymore, etc.
> So, Sam, the concrete man, isn't available. Can an
> almost concrete-work novice (me) expect success in
> pouring the base and doing the finishing work of
> getting it all level, etc. for the T-base? Anything to
> watch for in particular?
>
> I will buy a dense grade mixture of concrete, as per
> Sam's advice the first time, and have it delivered.
> The installation site is on a slight incline so I have
> to build the concrete form to compensate.
>
> I have studied several web sites showing tower
> installations. K4ZZR's site is particularly good. But,
> as he says on his site, any mistake is one you have to
> live with forever when it involves 4 cubic yards of
> concrete. Obviously, the leveling nuts under the
> T-base can make up for some imperfection in how level
> one gets the top of the base once poured. How much
> compensation can those nuts provide?
>
> Any observations, words of wisdom, advice, etc. will
> be appreciated.
>
> 73, Dave, N4KZ
>
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