In a message dated 2/20/03 3:58:31 PM Greenwich Standard Time,
w0yg@plusten.net writes:
<< Suggest you dig it 4 X 4 X 1 and then multiply that time by six! >>
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way.....As a veteran who has dug a few
5x5x6 holes for Heights and Universal towers, I wish it did.
As you get deeper than four feet the amount of energy exerted to dig deeper
becomes non-linear. When the hole isn't that deep, you can throw the dirt to
the side. When you go down four, or five or six feet you have to lift it to
shoulder height or higher and be darn sure the shovel-load is all thrown
outside the hole. Nothing is worse than lifting it up and not throwing it
far enough and having most of it slide back down into the hole.
As a veteran of the ditch digger brigade i have a suggestion. Be sure to
pour it quickly after you dig it. I had a very big hole fill up with water
from rain and the walls collapsed. I had to redig it. If you think digging
a 5x5x6 hole sucks, dig the same hole twice. That really sucks.
Bill K4XS.................retired teacher, part-time ditch digger
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