Tom Wagner wrote:
>
> Malcolm --
>
> If you are sinking the tower base in the concrete, what is
> the purpose of the rebar? I would think that a tower section
> would provide all the reinforcement necessary for the base.
>
Well the base Rohn calls for is 4x4x4. Apparently the tower itself is
not sufficient. Bracketed towers get to use a smaller base (2x2x4 or
2Dx4) and Rohn does not call for rebar in those. But they do for the
one I will be pouring--so in it goes.
73 Malcolm KR4HP
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