I just finished re-furbishing a rotating tower. Several of the parts
needed to be galvanized. We don't have a local galvanizing company here
in Amarillo.
What we do have is a local metal fabricator who sends a truck out
weekly to a galvanizing company. Maybe you can find a fabricator
locally that has a relationship with a galvanizing company.
Rich - N5ZC
On 8/14/2015 9:44 AM, Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk wrote:
I have a 165ft rotating tower going up next Spring so will not be putting a
larger tower on this base, but it does sound like I need to get a fab shop to
just go ahead and build me the base. No galvanizers locally so paint will have
to do.
73
NJ0F
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On Aug 14, 2015, at 9:40 AM, "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
The nice thing about the adapter plate is if you later decide that you
really miss having a taller tower, you can buy one and use your original
base.
John KK9A
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Concrete anchors
From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:02:57 -0500
I would go for the adapter plate as a simple straight forward solution
with no esoteric chemistry involved. Had I had years of successful
experience with chemical anchors and super confidence in the strength and
condition of the top layers of the concrete, I would probably go with the
adapter plate.
Patrick NJ5G
On 8/13/2015 8:30 PM, Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk wrote:
I have a concrete base next to my shop that once had 89ft US Crankup Tower
on it. The tower is gone, and I acquired a 55ft US Tower that I want to bolt
to this base for use in my shop. The bolts that once held the bigger tower
is still there, but I plan to cut them off and install chemical anchors to
support the smaller bolt pattern. The other option was to fabricate an
adapter plate that would mate the 55ft tower T-base to the bigger bolt
pattern, but this sounds like much more work than simply drilling into the
concrete and installing new anchors.
I never used chemical anchors for this purpose and would appreciate any
suggestions on size, and where I can source them. The rebar pattern for the
bigger tower is much wider than the bolt pattern for the smaller tower, so I
there is little chance for me to hit rebar when I drill. (I suspect I will
need a BIG drill).
73's
NJ0F
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