My experiences with sandstone is that is is not that difficult to 'get'
through it. Fill the hole with water and see if the sandstone soaks some
of it up. Then the sandstone should be soft enough to work with a
pick. But you might have a tougher sandstone.
Chris opr VE7HCB
At 10:25 AM 2001-12-08 -0800, Steve Roberts wrote:
>I am putting up a 60' Rohn 25 foldover and plan to
>secure it with concrete. While digging the
>recommended 4' foot deep hole in sandy soil, I struck
>a shelf of sandstone at 2 1/2 feet. I am searching
>for suggestions before trying to blast through another
>1 1/2 feet or try to find another location to dig.
>
>I was considering welding latteral pieces and pour a
>wider base.
>
>How deep is deep enough?
>
>Suggestions please!
>
>Steve
>
>N0SR Ex-WA4QXH
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