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[Jim Baird]

At the bottom of this tower the foot bolts have to be tight.

[Marc]

Without your foot there, I would've of estimated the bolts as about an inch across.

[Jim Katen]

I want to know how they made those welds. Looks like three passes with a gigantic electrode and a really steady hand. 

[Chad Fabry]

4 inch hex nut

 

I couldn't find a price for a six-inch combination wrench ( they're out there but not priced). I couldn't find a forged 6-inch socket at all 

[Jim Baird]

21 hours ago, Marc said:

Without your foot there, I would've of estimated the bolts as about an inch across.

By the way my foot does measure a foot in length with that boot on.

After I told them I carried a socket set in my truck they agreed to pay me fifty cents a week to stop by on Wed mornings to snug 'em up.

[Jim Katen]

15 hours ago, Chad Fabry said:

4 inch hex nut

 

I couldn't find a price for a six-inch combination wrench ( they're out there but not priced). I couldn't find a forged 6-inch socket at all 

What, you can't forge your own? 

[John Kogel]

On 2/24/2018 at 4:02 PM, Jim Baird said:

 

After I told them I carried a socket set in my truck they agreed to pay me fifty cents a week to stop by on Wed mornings to snug 'em up.

And don't forget to paint those nuts where you scratched them, eh?

[Nolan Kienitz]

22 hours ago, Jim Katen said:

What, you can't forge your own? 

I think he is working on it ...

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[Bill Kibbel]

And I thought this wasn't a place where guys would brag about bigger nuts.

[John Kogel]

Could we get a moderator over here? Oh, right, Bill's a moderator.   

To get the proportions right, we'll need a better shot of that phallus, I mean, tower.

Edited February 26, 2018 by John Kogel

[Tom Raymond]

11 hours ago, Nolan Kienitz said:

I think he is working on it ...

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Chad's shop isn't nearly that nice, even if it does have a chandelier. 

[Jim Baird]

Here's the footing pre-pour, 28' square hole, top of ftg only 6' below grade, doesn't look too impressive to me for a 180' height.  Three grids of #9 rebar in hole.

[Jim Katen]

How thick is the footing and what's at the top of the column? Is this a cell tower?