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RE: [TowerTalk] Hole Digging Question

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Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Hole Digging Question
From: Paul Henning <paul@amtelco.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:41:06 -0500
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I used the dirt to fill the ruts left by the cement truck! I would never
give the dirt away.

73
Paul N. Henning
K9PH
Director of Research and Development
Amtelco
4800 Curtin Drive
McFarland, Wisconsin 53558
www.amtelco.com
paul@amtelco.com
(608)838-4194


-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Smar [mailto:ersmar@comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:06 AM
To: Al Williams; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hole Digging Question

TT:

Where are
> you going to put the dirt? The operator will move it around for you
> during the minimum time.
>
> Hope this helps
> k7puc
>
  When I began my tower excavation work, I started by hand.  One of the
first problems I ran into was where to put all the spoils (dug up dirt) that
my work was producing.  Eventually I hired someone to come in with a backhoe
and stake-body truck to finish the hole and haul away the dirt.

     A rule of thumb is the spoils occupy twice the volume of the
excavation.  That is, if you dig a hole five yards in volume, you'll need to
dispose of something like ten yards of dirt.  The spoils tend to be less
compact than undisturbed earth; you're not actually creating matter here,
you're just not compacting the removed material.

     Something to consider if you go it alone.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

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