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Re: [TowerTalk] congrete filled steel for tower base

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] congrete filled steel for tower base
From: "Dan Zimmerman N3OX" <n3ox@n3ox.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:32:28 -0400
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>cut the tube,  insert it and use it for my base.

Where do you live that cutting a chunk off a 2 foot concrete filled
steel tube and upending it into a hole is cheaper and easier than
getting concrete delivered ;-)

Maybe it's just cheaper...

Anyway, I'd imagine others will chime in but unless that 2' diameter x
8 foot long pipe is much, much larger in diameter than the base
specified by Tri-Ex, your tower will fall over... maybe if it's about
the same size as the recommend base, but only if you can drill a 22"
hole and actually have someone *drive* the base in straight so it's a
tight fit in the hole (cheaper than concrete delivery?)

If you do it any way I can imagine (put it next to the hole, put a tow
strap on the top and upend it with a tractor) it's not going to be
solidly bearing on the walls of the hole and will also be almost
impossible to get vertical.

Dan
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