SM2NOG showed up on Saturday with a concrete blender which we used to mix up concrete for the base. A couple of hours later the base was done and we did also make the concrete base for the 18m tower.

On Sunday evening the excavator showed up and we filled up the anchor holes for the 60m tower but also dug and finished the guy wire anchors for the 18m tower and the 160m vertical. So now all the digging needing to be done this season has been done.

Big thanks to SM3SGP who left on Monday but was here and helped me out for almost a week!

On Monday evening I mixed the concrete for the pillar and now the base is pretty much done. Now the concrete need some time to get hard and after that we can drill down the expander bolts holding the tower base.

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I haven’t updated the page for a while, sorry about that. Anyway, a lot of work has been done lately. First we had the field day (which I will post pictures from later) and after that SM3SGP showed up after his trip up north for SM2EKMs wedding. Gus stayed for several days and helped out a lot with preparations for the 60m tower lift.

First we went to get material so that we could start making the concrete base for the 60m tower. After that we leveled out the ground in the pit, added the isolation in the bottom and made a form for the concrete base which the pilar would stand on. When that was done we did some work lying down isolation above the guy wire anchor points for the 60m tower and lowered down the rebar cage which I put together earlier during the week.

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I bought some rebar which I was going to use for the base of the 60m tower. I did weld a cage and also strenghten it a bit extra where the pilar would be positioned. After getting tired of the welder shutting down because of overheating all the time I added a fan to it which kept air breezing through it instead of the air standing still like before.

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After some phone calls the local company GTL had time to come out and dig the holes for the 60m tower. He came with an Åkerman H3 excavator which is a 8500kg heavy machine which is kind of perfect for this job since it has got an easy time to access everything.

It took about 2-3 hours to dig all holes. The first guy wire point was a breeze but the center position for the tower did have some rocks and the second guy wire post we ended up with a large rock, which made us move the guy wire point back about 50cm, not a big deal at all. The third point was no problem either and now I will need to throw down the guy wire anchors and refill the holes, which will be done by hand and will take some time.

Here are some pictures, tomorrow I will continue to cut down some more trees and gonna throw down the guy wire anchors so that if it starts to rain it does not matter if the soil falls into the hole.

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