[TowerTalk] Re-Bar Cage Advise

[Rick Karlquist]

Todd Coulter wrote:
> Gary,
>    When I saw someone build a pretty large rebar cage previously, the
> cage was so large that it would flex from side to side and had problems
> staying vertical and plumb.
>    This was fixed by bracing the sides from top to bottom from opposite
> sides (diagonally) with the same wire that is used to tie the rebar
> together.

I forgot to mention that on my cage there were some gratuitous
diagonal braces that were evidently only for rigidity pre-concrete.
These guys build these cages all day long.  They know what they're
doing.

Rick N6RK