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Subject: [TowerTalk] Concrete Base/Bed Rock
From: WD0M <wd0m@centurytel.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:05:42 -0700
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Fellow TTers,

Having just moved to a new home in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, I find that I am facing a problem of locating a tower base on/in bedrock. I've received several suggestions from contractors in the area that I drill holes in the rock (which is at/near surface level on most of my 5 acres), put concrete rebar in the holes, use epoxy to cement them in place, then pour a concrete slab over it all. Their theory is that this would hold the concrete pad in place, providing the stability/weight necessary to hold the tower in place. (Gulp!)

My concerns are many, starting with the fact that I had planned on putting up a 72 foot crankup tower, weighing about 1200 pounds. The value of the tower/antenna is going to be significant, and I do not relish the idea of a wind storm causing the supporting base/rock to crack, resulting in a loss.

Has anyone come across a problem of this nature that they have resolved? Thoughts, comments, suggestions (laughter too) are solicited from this august group.....

73,
Joe
WD0M
(ex-WL7M)


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