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Re: Topband: Edger for burying ground radials ?

To: Kenneth Silverman <kenny.k2kw@gmail.com>, topband <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Edger for burying ground radials ?
From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
Reply-to: herbs@vitelcom.net
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:17:25 -0400
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>     Kenneth Silverman wrote:
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>         I haven't used one, but what about renting a wire/cable
>         trencher from your
>         local equipment rental store?
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>     The small Bobcat tractor with the vibrating plow blade attachment
>     with a roll of copper wire on a horizontal spindle above is the
>     way we used to bury customer service cable TV drops.  The key is
>     the blade which is hollow and the wire passes out through a hole a
>     the tip on the bottom of the blade, while pulling the wire of the
>     spool as needed.  It leaves just a tiny scar on the surface which
>     is gone in a few days. I does require a pilot hole to start the
>     the virbrating plow on the back of a BobCat or similar is the
>     ultimate way to do it, especially in tough clay and even rocky
>     soil.  Hope you can rent one to try it out! It really work fast
>     even in partialy frozen earth.
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>     Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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