[TowerTalk] Rebar Roundup

[Dick Flanagan]

At 4:37 AM -0800 4/25/98, Malcolm Clark wrote:

>General note on Rohn spec:  Rohn calls for number 7 rebar.  I was unable
>to obtain it, and after talking to a concrete guy, used number 5 at
>decreased spacing.  Even after buying a rebar bender ($25 at Home
>Despot), I was barely able bend the number 5.  It must take a real
>gorilla to hand bend number 7.

The catalog makes it appear that the #7 rebar can be laid down straight and
then tied together.  Are you sure they intend for it to be bent as is
commonly done with the smaller sizes?

73, Dick

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