[TowerTalk] tower base concrete or not

[GALE STEWARD]

I've seen tower legs inbedded in concrete rust thru
also. I would use concrete AND a baseplate. You could
fill the bottom couple of feet of the hole with gravel
before you pour the concrete and still have a suitable
base. That is a really large hole for a 40ft
guyed/bracketed tower!

73, Stew K3ND


 
--- Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:

> I agree with Bill......use concrete.  I have seen
> too many installations 
> where the tower was buried in soil and within a few
> years there was severe 
> corrosion.  In one case the corrosion was so bad the
> tower was completely rotted 
> through on one leg.
> 
> Bill K4XS
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