The bolts on my tower which is 120' has six bolts. Each bolt was 48", of which 40" went into the concrete. The tower is about 4" from the ground. Measure the bottom plate, if it is under 4", then you would not want the tower to be more than 2" from the concrete. My base plates are 6" x 8" and was recommended to be 4" from the concrete.
In the early days of Pirod, they numbered the towers only by stock numbers, all the other information went with the owner of the tower. After some time they started putting plates on their towers which would give them the information of where the tower was placed, all the information about it, etc.... We have two pirod towers, one was a 100' and the other a 120' tower. The 100' had the plate, it was only about 10 years old when I got it 3 years ago. The 120' tower was over 20 years old, and there was no plate information on it. Call them back, ask them for a description of a typical tower at 150' with a leg spread of I think it was 52". Tell them you are not looking for engineering, just simple guide lines. I can't remember the lady I spoke to, I think her name was Marilyn, or something along those lines. She was very helpful. Mathew Thomas Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been in contact with them and they could not supply me a drawing without original owners name location age and serial number none of witch I knew. I can't believe they don't have a stock drawing for that series of tower. Any other suggestions? I really need to know what goes in the ground and what sticks out of the cement. I don't want to guess. tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Mathew Quaife To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: 6/5/2007 11:06:20 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help ID this tower Hi Tom, that is a Pirod tower made here in Plymouth Indiana. The top has been modified. There should be a 3 digit number along one of the legs, and possibly a plate near the bottom. The bolts that goes into the ground is about $140.00 a piece. You will find them here.. http://www.valmont.com/asp/communication/specialty_structures/asp/pirod.asp Mathew Thomas Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Need to ID this tower and get an engeneering drawing for the base it is 150' overall. Any help would be appreciated. http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s121/n8ies/P1010155.jpg http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s121/n8ies/P1010154.jpg http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s121/n8ies/P1010148.jpg http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s121/n8ies/P1010145.jpg thanks tom Thomas Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] EarthLink Revolves Around You. --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.
