[TowerTalk] Amount of concrete in ground for Rohn 45G

[Dave Johnson]

Hey Cal,

In your post you included "guy wires" so that makes me think you are talking 
about putting up a guyed tower.  If so, you don't really need any concrete. 
There has recently been much written here on that subject.  If you just like 
concrete and don't mind the cost, have at it but it would be a huge waste of 
effort and money to use the amount you are talking about.  On second 
thought, since you are in Florida, you could be going into some soft ground. 
If that's the case, a little concrete would keep the tower from sinking.

Good luck,

Dave - K4SSU



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cal Zethmayr" <w4gmh at cox.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:50 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Amount of concrete in ground for Rohn 45G


> I've been told that you need three times the weight of concrete in the 
> ground for the tower base than the total weight of the tower, guy wires, 
> beams and rotors?
>
> But I haven't found any documentation of that searching a bunch of sites.
>
> I hope that bit of info will be in my copy of Up The Tower when it gets 
> here...
>
> In the meantime...  any comments anyone?
>
> Cal Zethmayr
> W4GMH
> Crestview, Florida
>
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