[TowerTalk] TowerTalk] Epoxy for Pier pin in Rohn concrete base

[Steve Maki]

In fact you could pull the pin out and it would be fine, unless someone 
drove a tractor into the tower.

Steve K8LX

On 2/6/2017 20:55 PM, Al Kozakiewicz wrote:

> There is no tension on a pier pin, only shear, and hopefully not much
> if the tower is plumb and the guy tensions are equal.  The only
> purpose of an adhesive in this application is to keep someone from
> pulling the pin out. Otherwise epoxy adds nothing to the structural
> integrity. To illustrate the point (I don't recommend doing this) you
> could drop it in the hole and tack weld it to the tower base only and
> you would accomplish the goal.
>
> Al AB2ZY