I had an EZ way from 1976 until 2003 and it was just fine.
It was standing and free upon removal; it took several hours
of watering/digging/watering/digging and a lot of lifting
with a rented automotive engine hoist, but it eventually
came out of the ground.
I dug my hole by hand with a "pole shovel", set that finned
bottom in the hole and refilled with the dirt, used no
concrete at all.
I did guy it, first with a 2-el Maco quad, and then I replaced
that in 1981 with Serial Nr 1 TH-7DXX1.
In 2003, a crane picked up the tower part, but we could not
pull that finned base out of the ground, (and it was a
60 ton crane!); we ended up using a cutting torch to
remove the pipe part of the finned base where it was flush
with the ground.
It was easy to lower and VERY easy to tilt over for
antenna work; it just wouldn't handle the bigger
antennas (OB16-3 and Cal-AV 2 el 40), or it would
still be there.
73
Barry, W5GN
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