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Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower base
From: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:36:38 -0500 (EST)
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Gentlemen,


I don't know if i did something very wrong but I started but putting a large 
granite slab (6'x5'), 5 feet down where the tower was going to be. I had 12 
holes drilled in the slab and attached 6 angular irons, two screws per iron to 
the slab. I then place three "Sonar" tubes over the irons, two irons per tube 
and filled the tubes with cement. The tower legs were attached to the irons, 
squeezed in between the irons. (I put a few sections of the tower up, leveled 
them very carefully and then drilled holes for the bolts through the irons and 
the legs. 


The tower is anchored in the granite slab and the slab is secured with dirt. (I 
added some scrap iron to that dirt, just to make it heavier.) I have provided 
the link to photos of the work many times and am doing it again.


https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150198503693539.328964.579753538&type=1&l=b4a8463457


Did I do something stupid? Please tell. I used a lot less cement that way.


Hans - N2JFS
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