[Towertalk] Tower base "solution"

[Pete Smith]

At 11:44 PM 4/4/02 -0500, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
>Tucked away in many small corners of the specifications for bases and
>such, are such quaint phrases as undisturbed earth, among others. All
>of which make the right stuff not quite as "prefab-able" as one might
>like.
>
>As to hauling stuff in ready-poured, ready-hardened, ready-reinforced,
>and ready-to-go, consider the base to my 80' Trylon self-standing
>tower...
>
>11 cubic yards of concrete with embedded base legs and what must have
>been 300' of 3/4" rebar.


Just the concrete alone would weigh over 40,000 lb, which may help further 
to put the prefab base issue in perspective.  This is a LOT bigger job to 
lift and put in place than any septic tank.