Topband: Burying radials

[W2pm]

Here in NJ normal lawn grasses will completely swallow the radials  
next spring using the ground staples. But normal lawn maintenance will  
rip many up.  Raking and even lawn aeration will cause damage. I still  
think laying them on ground is much easier and efficient than  
trenching unless you get a good machine or device. Some mentioned here  
earlier.  I often lay put ten plus new radials in the winter just  
laying then on snow or ground and securing ends. Sometime the kid or  
xyl will trip on some if they are walking back there but that's just a  
lucky break.

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On Dec 12, 2009, at 17:23, "Mike Bragassa" <bragassa at consolidated.net>  
wrote:

> My near neighbor tried the on-top-of-the-ground method and it did  
> not work
> well at. Years later you could still very visibly see the radials.
> I think the success depends, in part, on the type of grass you have.  
> Of
> course, I am talking about yard-grass and not pasture. Here,  we  
> have San
> Augustine yard grass that grows into the ground (as normal) but also  
> grows
> (mostly)  on top horizontal. It can go above the radial wire (nice)  
> but it
> is just as apt to grow under the radial. Snakey stuff!
>
> I use a gasoline edger with 2-3 blades. Makes it easier to be a bit  
> wider
> than one blade allows.
>
> I wish I had known about the G3OFW method of an " S" shaped tube...  
> Tamping
> the wire into the trench is back-breaking! ( I tamp the sides of the  
> trench
> every six or so inches to hold the copper wire in the trench.)
>
> 73, de Mike, K5UO
>
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