[TowerTalk] remove tower base

[Roger (K8RI)]

Gregg Seidl wrote:
> When I replaced my 60 foot stick of Rohn 25 with an 85 foot stick of Rohn 45 
> last year I was stuck with the same problem: how to get the old 3 by 3 by 4 
> chunk of concrete out? Owning a large  farm  meant we had a large John Deere 
> skid steer. I put the forks on it and dug around the sides to loosen it up 
> and then put a large chain around the legs and put a couple of muffler 
> clamps around the legs to keep the chains from pulling up. I figured the Z 
> bracing would just pull apart. I then let the power of the skid steer pull 
> it up as I rocked it back and forth. About 2 minutes of this and out it 
> came. Picking up some 3500 pounds of concrete and hauling it away to be 
> buried a couple of hundred feet away was rather fun. I don't think the back 
> skid steer tires ever touched the ground but it sure was fun driving doing a 
> "Polish" wheely.
>   

There are advantages to living "on the farm", but nigh onto 50 years ago 
I figured there had to be an easier way to make a living. <:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)
>   Gregg  K9KL 
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