| Hello fellow Towertalkers, 
Hopefully spring is around the corner and I can pick up work again on my tower 
project. I plan to make two 150 ft runs of LDF5-50A from the house SPG to the 
base of the tower. Trying to decide if I should run the hardline in conduit or 
just direct-bury. Soil around here is clay mixed with some sand. Rare to find a 
rock, and if I do it's small stream gravel with smooth edges.. Part of the run 
is through a wooded area. 
A conduit run would have some low spots (potential for moisture accumulation 
??). But I worry about critters (moles/voles/etc) chewing on the jacket if I 
direct-bury. 
Anyone have a bad experience from direct bury of Andrew hardline? Rodent 
damage? Crushing damage due to lawn tractors, etc? Something else? 
thx 
Shawn 
N3AE 
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