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21. [TowerTalk] Digging the hole (score: 1): Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD); Date: Sun Feb 23 02:44:56 2003; Gentlemen, I installed a W51 last fall. Doug a hole 4X4X6 feet. First foot in clay, then 3 feet of sand. Took 3 days at 3/4 hours per day (I'm 46 with back issues). I used plywood in "channels" to pr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00429.html (9,529 bytes)
22. [TowerTalk] Digging the hole (score: 1): Author: k6rix@arrl.net (Dino Darling); Date: Sun Feb 23 19:50:08 2003; George, I saw Angela sitting on your tower in one of the pictures! You are a LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY MAN!!!! The tower is beautiful too! :-) Dino...k6rix@arrl.net; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00436.html (9,946 bytes)
23. [TowerTalk] Digging the hole (score: 1): Author: aa4lr@bellsouth.net (Bill Coleman); Date: Mon Feb 24 02:22:47 2003; Well, digging a 2x2x4 hole for my Rohn 25 took about 5 hours of digging. Now, I don't know about you, but I wasn't going to risk injury by actually standing in the hole, so after the first foot, I di; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00442.html (8,474 bytes)
24. [TowerTalk] Digging the hole (score: 1): Author: va3pl@cuic.ca (VeeAthreePL); Date: Mon Feb 24 09:29:04 2003; Thanks Bill I plan to hire couple of students to do the job for me. Thanks for the syggestion Andy; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00446.html (9,571 bytes)
25. [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Bill Gaines AD8P" <ad8p@wcoil.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:38:02 -0400; Some many months ago I either asked on this reflector or read on it about the particular piece of equipment some of you have used to dig a 3-1/2X 3-1/2X 7-1/2 deep hole for an LM-370 tower. I am at t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00541.html (7,421 bytes)
26. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Carter" <towertalk@hidden-valley.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:23:56 -0400; Grave diggers. Call the local funeral home of your choice and ask who they use. Think about how careful they are not to disturb the sides when there's a body maybe a foot away. Jeff/KD4RBG -- Origina; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00544.html (8,282 bytes)
27. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "bill rubin" <brubin2010@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:53:08 -0500; Look in the local newspaper for someone doing "dirt work" they will do it for you. Also, the chance are 99% that the hole will be larger than planned. So fill that with concrete or build a frame for; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00550.html (8,601 bytes)
28. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "W5CPT" <w5cpt@bellsouth.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:04:01 -0500; Check out Sign Companies and the larger Electrical Contractors in the area. They can have (or have access to) large truck mounted augers. They set poles for the really tall signs for Gas Stations tha; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00552.html (9,350 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:31:52 -0700 (PDT); Probably a minority opinion here: I have dug by hand three holes that were only 3x3 feet across and 6 or 7 ft deep. I used a short handled spade, a small pick, a bucket, a small ladder, and a yardst; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00553.html (8,595 bytes)
30. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: jd_hudson@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:04:26 +0000; I borrowed a buddies gas powered post hole digger.. it has a 3 foot auger, punched holes in the area and shoveled the loose dirt out, then kept going deeper. I was way more easier than digging by han; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00554.html (9,907 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Tom Haavisto" <kamham69@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:24:16 -0400; I would be VERY VERY careful about recommending anyone hand dig such a hole. If the walls of the hole cave in, you will literally be digging your own grave. There was a bit on the local news last yea; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00555.html (9,959 bytes)
32. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:09 -0700; I'll second that. We have an old Telephone company line truck with an auger on it. It'll make very quick work of most holes and I can get down 7 or 8' very easily. Might also want to call a larger el; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00558.html (10,210 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Mike DeChristopher, K1KAA" <k1kaa@arrl.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:27:08 -0400; Contractors? We don't need no stinkin' contractors! Three months ago, I dug a tower hole by hand: http://k1kaa.413ma.org/improvements08.html#tower There's somebody out there, I'm sure... -- Mike DeCh; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00559.html (9,198 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: Randy <randy@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:36:10 -0400; And, it doesn't even have to get up to your chest; if your diaphragm can't move, you can't breathe. Randy KZ4RV _______________________________________________ _______________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00560.html (11,397 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Michael Ryan" <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:41:16 -0400; Randy and others here... It is silly to hear of someone even THINKING of taking a chance with something like this. Just silly... Get some 8ft x 4ft plywood, and make yourself a square form, 4ft x 4ft; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00561.html (13,018 bytes)
36. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Dave Harmon" <k6xyz@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:50:29 -0500; Yeah....that's what I did....I ain't gonna git down in there for anyone....... Regards Dave Harmon CCA 97-535 K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net Sperry, Ok. --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@conte; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00562.html (10,941 bytes)
37. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:02:22 EDT; the particular piece of equipment some of you have used to dig a 3-1/2X 3-1/2X 7-1/2 deep hole for an LM-370 tower. This is a stupid design. It's great for an engineer sitting in a air-conditioned of; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00563.html (10,815 bytes)
38. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:08:12 EDT; Sorry. I forgot to mention that any hole deeper than 4' has to be shored according to OSHA rules. They are plenty dangerous. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH **It's only a deal if it's where you want t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00564.html (8,303 bytes)
39. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: "Roger $K8RI$" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:09:26 -0400; In this case I think people are worrying about the wrong thing. Clay and hard pan are highly unlikely to cave in, but there is a hidden danger far more insidious. In holes that deep you can easily r; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00565.html (12,926 bytes)
40. Re: [TowerTalk] Digging the Hole (score: 1): Author: Randy <randy@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:17:10 -0400; Not yet Mike, just waiting for my buddies with their tractors and a trailer axle to get around to helping me move it, it's 1800 lbs... But I've got the concrete in the hole! 8.5 yards of 3500 PSI...$; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00566.html (9,687 bytes)

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