You want your tower straight and plumb. Small amounts
of "off-level" in a given section are not important.
See the tower guide I referenced earlier
http://isddc.dot.gov/OLPFiles/USCG/010480.pdf
Nowhere do they use the word "level" to describe the
tower or its components - but they use "plumb" in
several spots.
73 Mike N2MG
> So if plumb AND level can not be obtained, which
> would be the preferred solution???
> In the case under discussion, the base sounds like
> it's tapered.
> I'm assuming that the section that goes on top of
> this base slides over tube tops.
> So my question is: Which is more important, plumb or
> level?
>
> Any tower section used as a base and installed in
> concrete could be slightly imperfect.
> This is, while it could be perfectly plumb, the tops
> could be slightly out of level.
> In construction, we would call this 'racked'.
> If the tops are out of level, subsequent sections
> will exhibit a lean wouldn't they?
> So if plumb AND level can not be obtained, which
> would be the preferred solution???
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