[TowerTalk] New Tower Old Base

[Grant Saviers]

Look at the Simpson Strong Tie web site for lots of data.  The permitted 
tension for epoxy anchors depends on a number of factors shown in the 
charts.

http://www.simpsonanchors.com/catalog/adhesives/et/index.html

Hole size and prep are also very important.  The self mixing gun is a 
must to get the specified results.

Grant KZ1W

On 2/8/2011 6:07 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:
> Keep the information on the list; I want to know more about this as well.
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> A local here upgraded from a 50' to a 70' tower, and did this very thing.  He used some kind of an epoxy to glue in the bolts.  Obviously the base has to be large enough to do this.  So far so good.
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> On Feb 8, 2011, at 15:54 , Richard Zalewski wrote:
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> I will be upgrading my tower and will be using my existing base.  This will
> require drilling the existing concrete base and epoxing in some new bolts.
> I would be interested in exchanging some emails with someone who has done
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