[Towertalk] Tower base "solution"

[Jim White]

Chris,

I suspect you are new to this list...

One of the things the moderator, K7LXC, repeats over and over again is to do
what the manufacturer calls for.

As a professional I know whaty he is saying - he is simply stating that
unless the manufacture calls it out you are open to liability or lack therof
down the line when they can state "he clearly did not follow our
guidelines:...

I also like the idea of a precast block with a bunch of threded stubs
sticking out of it....in the shack we have plug and play...in the yard you
could have place and play!

One potential downside of course is whether or not you could get a truck
into where you want it placed...if so, great - seems it would be little
different than planting a septic tank...as a matter of fact I bet the guys
would build those would love some of this business...very similar to their
existing stuff - dunno how heavy we are talking for the block versus a big
septic tank - do not know how many yards go into one of them...

I think the idea is an interesitng one - but - to avoid the hellacious
lawyers I suspect it is something whose time has not yet come!

73,

Jim, K4OJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris BONDE" <ve7hcb@rac.ca>
To: "Stu Greene" <wa2moe@firstinter.net>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Tower base "solution"


> At 02:17 PM 2002-04-04 -0700, Stu Greene wrote:
> >At 11:09 AM 4/4/02 -0800, Chris BONDE wrote:
> >>   Maybe you are correct in the engineer but why not have the engineer
> >> sign off on the cast in the hole, whcih cold be less controllable.
> >
> >  Are you suggesting that a PE sign off on something which the
> > manufacturer strongly recommends and which might be required by building
codes?
>
> Or a building inspector.  How does one know if all has been
> followed?  There are many horror stories out there
>
>
> >And finally, this is a sarcastic question, why do you impute self
interest
> >in the advice a knowledgeable professional installer gave without
compensation?
>
> I take umbrage with the use of 'impute', possibly 'assume' as he stated
the
> response was 'sarcastic'.
>
>
> >Tacky
>
> Was this your signature?
>
> All I asked was why could not the precast blocks be used?  Steve's answer
> was like a parent, "Because!"
> I have had responses that  state the question, while not put correctly,
was
> a valid one, Steve's answer, a pat and possilbe flip one.
>
> I thought that hams tried to think outside of the box, or on the other
side
> of the wall or with a different paradigm, so I asked a question that I
> thought might evoke answers not retorts.  If I bruised Steve's feelings I
> apologize.  He has made many valid comments, however, this was not one of
> them.  Whereas, those comments on my question by Henry, Dave and Kelly
were
> constuctive while critical.
>
> best 73, Chris opr VE7HCB
>
> >Cheers,
> >Steve     K7LXC
> >TOWER TECH -
> >Professional tower services for amateurs
>
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