OTOH, I had a backhoe in to dig the hole for my tower. something like 4x4x6
but we intentionally planned on making it bigger. the rig was a
small/medium kubota. shovel was a bit over 12" wide, each scoop would fill
a normal wheelbarrow. operator took it slow as I emphasized a clean hole
rather than a quick job. hole turned out very square following the lines we
spraypainted on the grass. he was able to keep the sides very straight as
well and we had to do only a small amount of hand work at the bottom to
square things away. I figured concrete was not an expensive item in the
grand scale of things and besides a bigger foundation provides more
security. I think my concrete was something like 500 bucks delivered to the
site in RI.
Jim
N1NK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz@arrl.net>
To: "Dale L Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>; "TowerTalk Reflector"
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 19:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower base hole?
> Good luck getting any backhoe operator to sign up to such an agreement.
He
> would have to be a little crazy, or maybe charging enough to cover the
risk.
> Nobody knows for sure what's under the ground. There's too many
variables,
> like rocks, etc. It's hard to be that exact with the dimensions too,
> although I've seen one guy that would have come pretty close. (He charges
> more, and he wasn't available.) I('m not unhappy with the final result.
> Jerry K3BZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale L Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
> To: "TowerTalk Reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:53 PM
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Tower base hole?
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > Their advance man had said it was OK for
> > > the truck, it would fit between the trees, so I was "off the hook" for
> all
> > > that labor.
> >
> > Interesting.
> >
> > Shouldn't you have also been 'off the hook' for the additional concrete
> > costs you sustained by the backhoe operator giving you a
> > larger-than-requested/ordered hole?
> >
> > Is backhoeing what the backhoe operator does for a living?
> >
> > If so, it seems to me that it's awfully unprofessional/unbusinesslike to
> > give the customer a hole larger than ordered/requested knowing the
> customer
> > will have to pay for more concrete/material to fill it.
> >
> > Might be a good point for others hiring backhoe & operator to stipulate
in
> > writing that any excess hole size costs are to be borne by the backhoe
> > operator.
> >
> > ???
> >
> > 73,
> > dale, kg5u
> >
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