[TowerTalk] Concrete base - tower

[marsh at ka5m.net]

Unless you are a Civil or Mechanical Engineer and can do all the
calculations to confirm that your redesign is in fact "equivalent", I
recommend you follow the manufacturer's design and specs exactly.

73,
Marsh, KA5M


-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry
Horlick
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 12:00 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Concrete base - tower

I am preparing to install a 70' Trylon SuperTitan S500. Nothing is done at
this stage...I'm thinking about pouring the base first. Hi.

The manufacturer has supplied a drawing of the required concrete base. It is
a pad and pier design. Doing a pad and pier is significantly more work (i.e.
creating the form) than, say, just a rectangular block that I could simply
pour in the hole with very little form work.

My question is...Can do that? Can I change the pad/pier to a block, by
altering the dimensions, amount of rebar, etc. to arrive at an "equivalent"
to the pad/pier??

I welcome any relevant comments/questions/suggestions.


Larry
VO1FOG
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