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Re: [TowerTalk] US Tower install - help request

To: "Mat Eshpeter" <kk1c@live.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] US Tower install - help request
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Reply-to: richard@karlquist.com
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:59:24 -0700
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>> AFAIK, it is *crucial* to do it as specified with regard to "undisturbed
>> soil". In other words, they do not want you to dig a hole,
>> form it up, backfill behind it and pour. They want a plain ol' hole in
>> the dirt, with the concrete/rebar in it. And, that may be where
>> the biggest danger lies, digging an 8' deep hole, straight down. I was

I had a 6 foot diameter round hole dug by a drilling rig
with an auger type bit.  No problem to go straight down 9 ft,
or 49 feet.

Rick N6RK

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