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[TowerTalk] use of backhoe to dig tower holes

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Subject: [TowerTalk] use of backhoe to dig tower holes
From: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:24:06 -0700
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JC Smith" <jc-smith@comcast.net>
>  It is real hard for a backhoe to dig a narrow, square hole that
> is very deep.

True enough--except that rather than use my little Kubota backhoe I hired it 
done and the backhoe that was used had a hydraulic
telescoping capability on the arm that holds the bucket.  It would extend 6' 
or 8' or so beyond the length of the arm and made the job of digging a deep 
but narrow, square hole easy.  Not many backhoes have the telescoping 
feature but if you shop around you might find one.  This was a big rig and 
the charge was $60 per hour with a two hour minimum.  No transportation 
charge though.

k7puc 

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