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Re: [TowerTalk] Square Hole or Round Hole for Self Supporter?

To: Clay Autery <KY5G@montac.com>, Towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Square Hole or Round Hole for Self Supporter?
From: Richard Thorne <rthorne@rthorne.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:06:28 -0600
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Clay,

I emailed a fella by the name of Jeremy.  He quoted me $2800 for a 10' hole.

From the other post's on the subject probably a reasonable number. I'll still research the back hoe method.  I'll bet will be less expensive to use a back hoe and have the dirt hauled off (if needed).

Rich

On 1/20/2018 2:05 PM, Clay Autery wrote:
My tower actually calls for a cylindrical hole...

The hole should be engineered to support the load.  Mine is 4 foot diameter x 8 foot deep.

Depth is generally more important than area beyond footprint and decent overhang.

Please forward the driller info to me...  I haven't found one yet!!!

And as of yet, I haven't found a mchine to rent.



Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

-------- Original message --------
From: Richard Thorne <rthorne@rthorne.net>
Date: 1/20/18 13:01 (GMT-06:00)
To: Towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Square Hole or Round Hole for Self Supporter?

I have an HDX-589.  I'm in the planning stages for getting the tower
installed.

I ran across a driller yesterday that can drill the 10' deep hole to a
diameter of 7'  (87" to be exact).

We have excellent soil here for self supporting towers, caliche. Digging
by hand is out and using a back hoe would probably make an over size hole.

Is there a reason not to use a cylinder vs a square hole?

Rich - N5ZC
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