[TowerTalk] Rebar ?

[Dan Arney]

Go to any steel fabricating yard or Home depot and buy REAL J Bolts and good nuts.
With rebar J bolts you will come out after a big blow and see where the CHEAP J bolts
let go. What is that mess of twisted steel and look at that pile of fancy Yagis look
like corkscrews.
Hank KN6DI


Bruce Richards wrote:

> Rebar is made up of leftover "other stuff". This is not what you want to use as J
> bolts. It does what it is designed for well, but is not suited for other aspects of
> construction.
>
> Pat Masterson wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anybody has "specs" on rebar. I am going to use some
> > j-bolts made out of 1 inch rebar to anchor a 60' self supporting tower.
> > Is one per leg enough, or do I need 2? Whats the tensile strength of this
> > material?
> >
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