I checked on the cost of a pumper...I was quoted a minimum of $600 here in
eastern PA... and that was too much for me. I am SO glad that I then asked the
concrete supplier to send someone to inspect the hole and site. The guy said
the soft ground was no problem for their 4-wheel drive truck, and he measured
the space between the trees and said the truck would fit, no problem. When the
truck got stuck in the clay and between the trees, his "OK" was what saved me
from a HUGE bill. Jerry K3BZ
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Beagley
To: N8DCJ@yahoo.com
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 4:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] The tower base is poured BUT...
Nasty! Had you looked into getting the concrete pumped from the truck to
where it was needed? Cost?
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Alan AB2OS
On 10/04/03 02:14 pm dan bookwalter put fingers to keyboard and launched
the following message into cyberspace:
> well i got the hole for the TX472 dug yesterday , but,
> there was some confusion between me and the backhoe
> guy somehow... instead of a hole 5x5x6.5 i ended up
> with a really nice 5.5x7.5x7ft hole... it almost
> doubled my concrete bill... but that was just the
> begining of what was turning into a disaster... the
> concrete trucks showed up and promptly sunk to the
> frames in the yard... i expected some ruts but neither
> I nor the drivers thought the ground was that soft...
> now i had a real problem in that the backhoe was gone
> and i couldnt find another one... luckily my friend
> who was helping me owns a company with several
> backhoes etc... he made a phone call and had one of
> the backhoes rushed over to pull the trucks out and
> haul the concrete back to the hole... i was lucky that
> he was there, had it not been for that backhoe they
> were going to unload 11-12 yards of concrete into the
> yard in order to get the trucks out...
>
> but, in the end it all worked out and i have a tower
> base waiting for a tower and lots of yard work ahead
> of me... when i get the pix develped i'll figure out
> somewhere to post them so you all can have a good
> chuckle...
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