Brian
Are you sure you want the weight of the entire assembly resting on CINDER
BLOCKS? They don't have much compression strength. What happens when
they crumble? I know they will be encased in concrete, but will that be
a weakness to the entire assembly?
73,
Richard, K9OFG
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On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:32:28 -0400 "Brian Smithson"
<brian_smithson@vds.com> writes:
>
<snip>
>The hole will be roughly a 6' cube. The tower comes with heavy
>brackets that go on the legs of the bottom tower section that get
>embedded in the concrete. I plan to stack cinder blocks in the hole
>to the right height so that when the bottom section with the brackets
>sits on the blocks, the heights are right, etc.
<snip>
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