[TowerTalk] Guy anchors for AB-577

[Andre VanWyk]

Thanks for the suggestions Steve. 
I actually tried both options when I did my one tower and both were not viable. Our window to do tower and antenna work up here in Northern MN is short. The ground stays “soft” way after spring. I rented a self powered concrete wheelbarrow. I got as far as 20ft before it got stuck. 
The concrete guy came out to look at pumping options and trees were an issue. I ended up making a temp driveway to two anchors that was not accessible by bringing in class 5 soil and a bulldozer. 

I am hoping to avoid this with my 160 Vertical. I think screw in anchors will work for the Vertical location but plan to stick to Rohn anchor spec on the big tower. 

73
NJ0F

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> On Feb 22, 2018, at 12:19 PM, k7lxc at aol.com wrote:
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> >  The location of the vertical is not accessible for concrete trucks so if I can get away with using screw in anchors it would make this much easier.
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>     A truck-mounted line pump can pump concrete up to 400 feet if that'll help. There are also motorized wheelbarrows that you can rent to move the concrete around. I'll bet you a nickel either option is much cheaper than having screw-ins installed.
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> Cheers,
> Steve      K7LXC
> TOWER TECH