[TowerTalk] RE: Base for TriEx WT51???

[Tom Anderson]

Steve:
Tnx for the suggestion.  I've got a friend in Houston that has an extra base and I'll try to persuade him to let me borrow it for a while and have an extra base made.  I should have bought an extra base like he suggested when I bought the WT51 in 1993.

73 de Tom, WW5L



TowerTalk@contesting.com wrote:

> Posted By WB2WIK
>
> I have no clue about Tri-Ex's status, but I do own a WT-51 and have owned other W-51's over the years, so I've installed bases for them all over.  As you know, the tower's only 368 lbs and can be carried by two strong men, or four weaker men, or one guy and a good 4-wheeled cart (my general preference).  For less than $400 or $260, I could get a local welding shop to fabricate a base for me from scratch, and I've done just that.  If you bring the tower to the shop, they'll charge very little as they'll have a working "fixture" to build on, which will assure perfectly correct dimensions of the final result.
>
> If you can't, ask your local welding shop if they can send somebody over to wherever the tower is and make a good sketch of the bottom of the tower (spacing between the three legs, between the mounting holes, etc) because you need a base fabricated.  They only need some 1/4" thick steel plate and 3/4" or 1" re-bar, materials cost for a base that's 60" deep is only about $50, and labor is about $100.  I've paid $150 for W-51 bases from three different welding shops on the east and west coasts, it's never been a big deal.
>
> 73 de Steve WB2WIK/6
>
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