[TowerTalk] Digging the hole...after the "dig"

[Bill Coleman]

On 2/20/03 2:34 PM, Jim Lux at jimlux at earthlink.net wrote:

>If you had to get a building permit for the tower base, it's unlikely that 
>the "mix in the hole" approach will meet the inspector's approval. Not 
>enough process control to ensure that the structural properties of the 
>concrete are what they need to be.  You might be able to "massively 
>overdesign" to get around this.

Instead, I suggest he rent a small mixer from your local home improvement 
store.

Mine cost $40/day, and I mixed 28 bags of sacrete in a little over 2 
hours. (two 60 lb bags at a time).

I can't imagine doing that with a wheelbarrow....



Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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