N0RQ/KC5POV Tower Page 4

August 13, 2002:  The Pour.

Tower was strapped down (to vehicles).

One lesson learned:  concrete splatters!

Another lesson:  concrete is a lot of hard work (especially on one of those hot Texas summer days!).

We used just a hair under 10 yards.

Here it is with just a little concrete at the bottom.  The stick in the middle was just something to push a little concrete into the corners.

Don't let the flow be too heavy, and certainly don't let it hit the blocks -- it could push something over, and then you'd have A Big Mess, A Really Really Big Mess.

Very hot.  Concrete is heavy.  Almost done...

This makes me glad I'm a software guy, not someone that actually works for a living.

Alaska doesn't seem like such a bad place on days like this.

Sweating makes you loose weight, right?

Try to have the concrete right next to the stubs a little higher than the rest to keep water off of the stubs.

Here are the top 7 sections, assembled, laying on the ground.

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