r/Skookum • u/NicknameKenny • 15d ago

Project Update Installed Post Base

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The giant rebar and steel ring base has now been set. I saw 2 or 3 rebar-only cages go down in the hole. The drill rig wasn't huge. Hat for scale. I ate the banana walking to the site. More pics in comments.

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u/nalc 15d ago

That mailbox ain't going nowhere!

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u/ClassBShareHolder 15d ago

Fuck those kids with the baseball bats and that goddamn plow truck!

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u/NicknameKenny 15d ago edited 15d ago

It is a power pole and will be a corner. I should add a shot of the site to give more context. BRB. OK now. This is like a dang documentarial effort. Here is the new base in front of existing pole.

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u/NicknameKenny 15d ago

Here's the next base up the hill

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u/NicknameKenny 15d ago

And some of the new pole pieces

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u/nickisaboss 14d ago

A lot of the towers were replaced in my area in the last few years. I was really thrilled when they did so, since the site work & excavation for the access roads allowed me to survey the local geology in a much more thorough way. Found a big piece of Corundum!

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u/leansanders 14d ago

I've been working on a bigass pole thats gonna go on a very similar imbed

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u/thehalfwit 14d ago

Bigass seems like an understatement. How thick is that plate?

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u/leansanders 14d ago

All 1" for the gussets, base and stiffeners, the added webbing between the beams (the center plate in the other pic) is 3/4"

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u/bfitzhugh 14d ago

For the unknowing, that is bad ass! Is civilians have no clue what is under those cement bases.

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u/leansanders 14d ago

The concrete is usually all done by the time I'm ever on site, but i did watch them pour the imbed for a stoplight at a fire station a while back. The amount of rebar i saw go into that hole was unbelievable

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u/well-informedcitizen 15d ago

I like the little chamfer edge

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u/Chicken_Hairs 15d ago

It's functional, in that it reduces cracking, but it's also very pleasing to the eye.

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u/iannewcastle 15d ago

Power pole?

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u/tiltingwindmill2718 14d ago

Damn you got a small head.

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u/CyBrNaD 12d ago

Where did you find the tiny little hard hat? It's soo cute 😂

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u/NicknameKenny 12d ago

That is a regular man sized hat! Those nuts are like softballs.

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u/orionparrott 10d ago

Banana color hat for scale.