[TowerTalk] Erections (Tower)

[N6KJ]

When I installed mine, I cut a piece of wood somewhat larger than the concrete
form.  I then drilled holes in the wood that lined up with the holes
in the tower base.  I then screwed the wood to the tower base to make sure
that the holes lined up properly.  Next, I took the wood off the tower
base and screwed the anchor bolts to the wood as if the wood was my tower
base.  After pouring the concrete I simply placed the wood on top of the
concrete form with the anchor bolts in the concrete.  Once the concrete
was dry I simply unscrewed the bolts from the wood and put the tower base
on top.  Fortunately, everything lined up.  

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:07:52 EDT, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

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>     Here's a simple way to get the anchor bolts in the concrete. Install the 
> anchor bolts securely to the base fixture. Take the fixture with the bolts 
> sticking out to your local welder and have him tack weld some rebar or other 
> material he might have laying around to the bolts at the bottom of the bolts
and 
> somewhere farther up but a place where the welded bracing would be buried in 
> the concrete. After welding, unbolt the rods and you've got a nifty little 
> fixture that'll be easy to handle, put in the hole and guaranteed to line up
with 
> the holes on the base fixture when you're done! 
>