At 09:24 PM 5/30/01 -0400, Chuck O'Neal wrote:
>
>Hi folks,
>I've seen quite a few installations being planned here starting
>out with the botton section of tower sunk in concrete. What I'm
>curious about is why a pier pin isn't used? On all my
>towers I use one instead of the hassle of burying part of a section in
>concrete. As I understand it, it is virtually impossible to get the sunk
>section perfectly vertical, resulting in additional stress in the legs
>when the complete tower is plumbed. Also, it's cheaper.
There is a very full summary of the pros and cons of both systems on
KA9FOX's web site.
73, Pete N4ZR
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