Here's what we used for the guy anchor holes.
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower12.htm
With the roll over bar removed it'd easily fit under 7' and quite possibly
6'. It could dig 6' easily, but maybe a little shovel work for 7' too.
Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com
> In a message dated 9/22/2005 3:02:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
>>> Maybe I will be able to get a bobcat back there. It's not the width I'm
> worried about, but rather height. It would need to be less than 6 or 7
> feet
> tall in order to fit under a "lean-to" that is permanently attached to one
> side of the house. I'll look into small bobcats or a hand auger. That
> sounds
> like the best plan.
>
> I rented a little excavator that had movable treads (it might've been a
> Bobcat). They retracted to around 48" I think - it was enough to drive it
> through the gate in the fence anyway - and then extended a foot or so for
> the
> needed stable platform when we got back to the digging site.
>
> Also, you're in California - hire some Mexicans. There are always lots
> hanging around your local hardware store/lumber yard and are willing to
> work.
> The latest I paid was $12 per hour in Santa Cruz. Cheaper than Labor
> Ready, et
> al.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
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