I would check with a soil engineer to see how deep the hole needs to
be. I worry about things that look too easy!
Dick
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On 5/6/2011 9:21 PM, STEVE LANE wrote:
> That's why I mentioned it. I have been pricing the rental equipment in my
> area and think I can do it pretty cheap.
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Wes Attaway (N5WA)<wesattaway@bellsouth.net
>> wrote:
>> Well, you will get a 36" diameter hole. It should be pretty accurate. You
>> will have to spread all the dirt somewhere.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of STEVE LANE
>> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 10:16 PM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIGGING A HOLE WITH A BACKHOE
>>
>> What about using an auger? I am getting ready to put up my w51 and have
>> been
>> thinking about using a 36 inch auger to bore a hole 5-6 feet deep.
>>
>> Steve K9SL
>> \
>>
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Al Williams<alwilliams@olywa.net> wrote:
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dick Green WC1M"<wc1m73@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> SNIP
>>>> As many have noted, it's hard to dig a perfect hole with a backhoe or
>>>> excavator. The hole always ends up larger than intended, especially
>> after
>>>> you get in and square it up with a shovel. The pier wound up closer to
>>>> 4'x4'x6' and was more trapezoidal than rectangular (i.e., wider at the
>>>> base.)
>>> 1. Whys square the hole with a shovel? The only need might be to
>> square
>>> up the visible part above the hole!
>>>
>>> 2. "...wider at the base."? I only have maybe 50 hours using my small
>>> BX22 backhoe but thats enough to know that the holes are always "wider at
>>> the top of the hole". This is because most backholes have two arms; the
>>> first attached to the low base of the tractor the arm then tilts up.
>>> The second arm attaches to the end of the first arm and tilts down to the
>>> ground. It is difficult to get the outer arm's bucket deep without the
>>> inner
>>> arm hitting the ground
>>>
>>> Digging a straight down hole requires a lot of coordinated tractor moving
>>> toward/away from the hole while also changing both arm angles.
>>>
>>> 3. Readers contemplating having a deep, straight sided hole dug should
>>> find a contractor with a backhoe that has a telescoping/sliding arm
>> mounted
>>> on the second (outer arm). This telescoping arm can dig straight vertical
>>> holes 8 or more feet deep.
>>>
>>> k7puc
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