[Towertalk] Water in Universal Base Stubs

[Tom Anderson]

Sam, et. al:

When I put up a Rohn tower I put six inches or so of pea/river rock gravel in
the bottom of the hole and then pushed the base section in the gravel slightly
to allow for drainage.  Sorry I'm not familiar with U.S. Tower's base, but
that's the way others told me to do with a Rohn base.

Tom, WW5L



"S. J. Blackwell" wrote:

> Lou,
> I,too, have a Universal tower. From previous experience with this tower, I
> had the steel legs that are in the concrete sent from Universal with no
> finish. (They are usually sent with a painted surface.) I then had them hot
> dipped galvanized. Despite my best intentions, I wound up with much more
> hole than I had planned. (Watch those back hoes) To make a long story short,
> my foundation legs do not drain. My solution(?) was to pump the water out
> and pour in anti- freeze. I then capped the studs with rubber corks cut to
> fit. Not a good thing, but with the galvanization maybe it will last. At
> least it won't freeze and destroy itself. Get a little rotary pump that
> chucks on a drill. They are available at Grainger and various DIY stores.
> Good luck,
> Sam, W5LU
>
> >From: lsica@attbi.com
> >To: towertalk@contesting.com
> >Subject: [Towertalk] Water in Universal Base Stubs
> >Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 21:36:13 +0000
> >
> >   I have a Universal Tower, and as according to
> >manufacturer's instructions I left the top of the base
> >stubs open so water could flow out of the tower sections
> >into the ground. Problem is is that my soil is a hard
> >sand/clay mix that doesn't drain well, and all the water
> >winds up doing is sitting in there until it evaporates
> >(or actually does seep out after a long period of time).
> >
> >   What have others done about this? Just let it sit like
> >that, or plug up the base stubs? And if the thing to do
> >is plug them up, what should I use to do that, and how
> >do I get the standing water out of a hole 5' deep with
> >such a small diameter?
> >
> >Thanks to all.
> >
> >
> >---
> >Lou Sica AC0X
> >lsica@attbi.com
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