Sand can be made to work. The big question is: How high is the water table?
If you did a hole for the anchor, will you have to pump it out in the dry
season?
How about in the wet season?
Steve
At 11:06 PM 5/26/98 -0400, Charles H. Harpole wrote:
>I have sand for soil here in Florida. My plans for guy wire anchors are
>the Rohn standard dead men buried in a standard way. However, what about
>my sand (not sandY, just sand) for holding the concrete dead men in the
>ground? Any advice?
>I went down eight feet for the crank up base and had real sand (child's
>sand box grade without the purification) ALL the way down. HyGain said
>"don't worry, the sand will make a good holder for your 70ft crank-up
>base; install by the book and don't worry." The tower is still straight.
>Still, this is just sand. Should I worry about the anchor concrete clumps
>and the sand? Did I mention sand? de K4VUD
>
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