[TowerTalk] Question on concrete pour for self-supporting tower...

[kb9yku]

At 05:44 AM 3/18/2004, FireBrick wrote:
>I'm a retired Chicago Licensed Mason Contractor.
>It MUST be a unified pour.
>
>Believe it or not, it's very hard to get concrete to stick to previously 
>poured concrete.
>Except of course, where you don't want it to. :-)
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Lambert" <n1ik at n1ik.com>
>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:30 PM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Question on concrete pour for self-supporting tower...
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could anyone tell me whether one must pour all the concrete for a
> > self-supporting tower base in one pour, or is it OK to mix up bags of
> > concrete over n weekends, and pour them into the form as you go?
> >
> > Reason I ask is that it might be hard to get a concrete truck to where I
> > need it to go, so I'm thinking about alternatives.
> >
> > 73 de N1IK, Brian
> > _______________________________________________
> >

you can  have it pumped in
butt the  rent and operator mite  cost the same  as the  concrete
kb9yku