[Towertalk] Water in Universal Base Stubs

[n4kg@juno.com]

I set my tower legs on bricks in the bottom of my base hole,
then poured in several inches of gravel to allow for drainage.

Tom  N4KG

On Tue, 28 May 2002 21:36:13 +0000 lsica@attbi.com writes:
>   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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