[TowerTalk] Starting with the rerod.

[K8RI]

On 8/9/2013 2:15 PM, K8RI wrote:
> The contractor removed and delivered the tower (LM470) to the apron in
> front of my shop.  They cut the rerod holding the base attachments off
> at the concrete.  Unfortunately, like many things the mounts weren't
> quite right with the 1/2 inch plate with all the bolt holes being
> partially in the concrete .

Let me restate that. It's the end of the plate with the bolt holes that 
is submerged in the concrete, not the holes. <sheesh!>

73

Roger (K8RI)
>
> Backing up a bit, this should have been an east removal, except they had
> added onto the house, so the tower could not be laid down on the mound
> as it was designed to do.  There was 8 feet of house where I needed to
> put 8 feet of tower, thus the reason for hiring someone with the
> equipment to easily lift the tower off the base in the "tilt over Position"
>
> Sooo. I've looked at various ways of removing the 4 X 16 X 1/2" plates
> from the #10 ( 1 1/4") rerod.  The fastest is to use the plasma torch
> and then clean up the 1/2" plate with the mill. A grinder would also work.
>
> I pick up the rerod around 3:30 this afternoon.  Price,(cut to length)
> ~$56.00.
>
> As I still have only one working hand I'll have to get someone to hold
> the pieces in place as I wire them.  I have clamps that will let me do
> the welding without help.  It just takes longer.
>
> The base will be just off the West end of the shop and at the edge of a
> rather large compost pile ( 50 X 75').  I have a volunteer to dig the
> hole with a small back hoe, or I can bring the contractor back to dig
> the hole, place the rerod cage according to spec, coordinate the
> concrete pour, haul away the excess dirt, remove about the top foot of
> the compost pile, and repair the damage the work does to the yard. They
> will do that pretty much in one day.
>
> They will also place the tower so once the concrete is cured, it should
> be a relatively easy job to pull the tower into place so it can be
> raised with the installation fixture...I hope.
>
> We will be past the hottest part of summer, so the cure should require a
> bit less attention.
>
> At least that is the way things are set up now.  How they actually
> proceed is yet to be determined<:-))
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk