[TowerTalk] No concrete for a Rohn tower base

[AA6DX - Mark]

YEP .. I have done that at least 20 times ..never had a problem doing so, 
and will be doing it with my 40' aluminum crank up ... with about 3 feet in 
the topsoil .. after that my yard gets right darn hard down there..
Yeah, I know ... we are all supposed to use a few yards of concrete, but I, 
like Rick, know the simpler way worky worky.  The alumina tower will be 
firmly held to the workshop addition to my house, at about the 18' level. 
Either a 3 el tribander or a six meter monstor on it ... trying to see what 
I can get away with, considering across-the-street house is the abode for an 
assistant city engineer....  =];?}   Mark  AA6DX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
Cc: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] No concrete for a Rohn tower base


>
>
>> n5xz at earthlink.net writes:
>>
>> No  concrete at all. They guys
>> held the tower up just fine for 8  years.
>
> I lived in a rented house in Seattle for 3 years and had
> 60 ft of R25 up with 5 feet buried in the dirt.  Worked
> fine, didn't sink into the ground.  The base looked fine
> when I dug it up when I moved.  Just a data point.
>
> Rick N6RK
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