In this scenario, would a conductor from the new anchors/legs to the old
anchors re-establish the Ufer ground? Assuming there was one in the first place.
73, Mike NF4L
On Dec 10, 2013, at 11:16 PM, Matt <km5vi@flukey.cc> wrote:
> Kelly,
>
>
>
> I probably should have explained that my thoughts better for implementing
> #3. I was thinking to either (1) fabricate an adapter that would bolt to
> your existing embedded tabs or (2) fabricate an adapter that uses anchor
> bolts. The later would require you to cut your embedded tabs off flush,
> core drill for new anchor bolts and set them in appropriate concrete epoxy.
> There were some posts here recently about how to do that on an existing
> foundation.
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Matt
>
> KM5VI
>
>
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>
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>
> From: Kelly Johnson [mailto:n6kj.kelly@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:06 PM
> To: Matt
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Re-orienting a crank-up tower
>
>
>
> This is a bit different. The Tashjian towers use a base that is cemented
> into the foundation, unlike US Towers where the base is simply bolted onto
> the top of the foundation after having cemented the bolts into the
> foundation. It would be much easier to do what I want to do with US Towers,
> I think.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Matt <km5vi@flukey.cc
> <mailto:km5vi@flukey.cc> > wrote:
>
>>> I know how to do #1 or #2, but neither is particularly appealing. Any
> ideas on how practical/feasible it would be to do #3?
>
>>> FYI - The tower is a Tashjian Towers LM-354HDSP (ie. very heavy!)
>
> Don't know if this will help but I essentially did #3 on a couple of Triex
> towers. There are some updated pictures on my website - look about half way
> down the page...
>
> http://www.flukey.cc/km5vi/New%20Station/Tower%20Prep/Tower%20Prep.php
>
> Good luck.
>
> Matt
> KM5VI
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