A sack of sackrete is less than 1 cubic foot. It weighs about 80 pounds and a cubic foot of concrete weighs from 90 to 96 pounds before water is added.
Scott KD5FBA
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On Apr 7, 2017 2:04 PM, Gary Sitton via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
Rick,
ALM-31 is new product so I don't have the specs.
yet, but it's extruded 6061-T6 Alum. and will weigh
~200 lbs. with the beam and rotator. I would not
need or want to fold it over fully extended! My
handy guy said he'll do it for $500: materials, hole,
frame, re-bar and pour. Seems a bit high, but it's
turn-key and he's very meticulous. I probably could
save some money by having a less skilled person
dig and prepare the square hole. Bell-bottoming
is a great idea however! Attached is picture of my
homebrew common mode coax choke for the beam.
73s,
Gary Sitton, K5AMH
[email protected]
On 4/7/2017 12:59, Rick Hiller via BVARC wrote:
Gary, I'm surprised that a crank up fold over only specifies 2x2x2. Yards maybe but not feet. Heck, Rohn 25 needs more than that. GL.....Rick W5RH Sent from my i-ThingamajigOn Apr 7, 2017, at 12:46 PM, Bruce via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: might want a little extra redi mix in case you bell bottom the hole or come above the ground level. 73...bruce Sent from my iPhone On Apr 7, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Sam Neal via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, I'm too far and too old to assist. Just a pointer - if you buy sacks of readi-mix for your cement, each bag ( should be marked on the bag ) is one cubic foot. Eight bags should fill the 2X2X2 hole. A cubic yard would take 27 sacks at one cubic foot each. 73, Sam Neal N5AF ____________________________________________________________________ Tower guys: I'm seriously contemplating and soon buying a US Towers ALM-31, crank-up, fold-over tower for my Tex Hex beam which requires a 2' x 2' x 2' (about a cubic yard) of concrete base. Does anyone have a suggestion regarding someone to dig and fill the hole? I will have anchor bolt forms and all re-bar work done ahead of the dig/pour. I'm 77 and just had a double (yes!) hip joint replacement and can't really dig such a hole nice and square. Also, I have no concrete experience and you only get one chance at a good pour. _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected]_______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected]
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