[TowerTalk] RE: Erecting tower

[Alan C. Zack]

Thanks for the info on your web site for your tower base.  Having just
moved to the Las Vegas suburbs to my retirement home away from the HOA
and CC&R's I had in California I am ready to put up my tower, a modest
MA-40 tubular tower.  First problem is the drawing supplied by US
Towers is stamped by a California P.E.  I need one with a Nevada P.E.
stamp (why, I don't know, why can't a NV building inspector accept a
CA P.E. stamp?)  Next I need CALCS (Not sure what this means,
Calculations?) for 90 MPH winds.  I was hoping I could do this just
using a few friends and mixing the concrete ourselves, we only need
1.5 cu yds.  I was interested in reading on how you treated the
bedrock problem.  I may run into that myself as my house stands on
what was desert a few years ago.
I am tempted to put up the MA-40 without the building permit, others
around here have put up short towers without getting caught.  But if
someone complains and I don't have the building permit I may have to
take it down.

WD0M wrote:
> 
> I just poured a base for a self-supporting US Towers TX-455 - the local
> concrete guys said 7 days is sufficient.  I used 4000 psi concrete, and the
> daily highs were in the 50s, lows sometimes into the low teens.  I'd check
> with the local concrete company - they know their product, local weather
> conditions and the specifications.
> 
> http://home.centurytel.net/WD0M/
> 
> Click on "Tower Project".  This is a semi-unique installation - I couldn't
> dig a hole for the concrete because it is solid bedrock on nearly all the
> five acres.  The decision was to drill holes in the rock, cement re-bar in
> place, and pour a concrete block around the rebar cage.  It worked out fine.
> 
> 73,
> Joe
> WD0M
> 
> At 08:56 AM 12/5/2003, Alan Beagley AB2OS wrote:
> >I am sure I read  a recommendation to wait at least a *month* on one of
> >the tower manufacturers' Web sites.
> >
> >Alan AB2OS
> >
> >Phil - KB9CRY wrote:
> >
> >>. . . Wait a week and remove all and start erecting!  Be careful, wash
> >>any concrete off the skin quick because it is akaline and is
> >>corrosive.  Phil  KB9CRY
> 
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                                     Alan Zack
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