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Re: [TowerTalk] Bag concrete question

To: "Dick Flanagan" <dick@k7vc.com>, <Brahmangou@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bag concrete question
From: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 21:29:26 -0400
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For temporary support for a "smaller" array, why not 3/4 inch plywood, 
2x4's, bolts and U-bolts ?
Gene / W2LU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick@k7vc.com>
To: <Brahmangou@aol.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <aa4lr@arrl.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bag concrete question


>I sure am glad I single-bid my tower hole, cage, base and pour.  The
> original spec's on the tower base were  5.5' X 5.5 ' X 7.0'.  The
> contractor was one of these types who figured there wasn't any problem
> his big-a**ed back-hoe couldn't solve.  Unfortunately for him, one of
> its primary shortcomings was the inability to dig an accurate sized hole.
>
> The final dimensions were 9.0' X 9.0' X 10.0' and it took two Redicrete
> trucks to bring in the requisite 16+ yards of concrete.  The contractor
> said he would have saved a lot of money if he had just hired two guys to
> hand-dig the hole and left his back-hoe at home.
>
> Dick
>
> Dick Flanagan K7VC
> dick@k7vc.com
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>
> On 5/3/2011 6:55 AM, Brahmangou@aol.com wrote:
>> 4/10 cubic foot per 60 pound bag.
>> Marty AB5GU
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