[TowerTalk] Installing telephone poles

[Jim]

1 foot for every 10, plus 1 foot....That is the rule of thumb that I have
always used...

73
Jim W7RY


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Scace <scace@uu.net>
To: 'Joe L Blackwell' <aa4nn@juno.com>; Towertalk (E-mail)
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, December 26, 1999 00:00
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Installing telephone poles


>
>Commercial practice is to bury 1/3rd the length of the pole in the ground.
>5 feet doesn't sound right to me, but I am not an engineer.  Call your
local
>power company -- a quick conversation with one of their engineers will help
>you.
>
>-- Eric K3NA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
>[mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Joe L Blackwell
>Sent: 1999 December 25 Saturday 17:57
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Installing telephone poles
>
>
>
>Hi Kris, de Joe
>
>I dropped a 2x4 into the hole, extending out the top, to serve as a
>backstop for the butt of the pole.  Used a snatchblock pulley arrangement
>with rope and tractor to raise the pole.
>Tether lines are needed to keep the pole from swinging.  Plopped right
>down in the hole.
>This was a 30 foot pole.  I tamped about a foot of dirt in there, then
>plumbed the pole using a 4' level.  Tamped some more dirt, kept checking
>plumb.
>
>Don't know about those wooden wedges and pea gravel.  Never heard of the
>telephone company or power company packing with other than dirt.
>
>73, Joe  -  AA4NN
>
>Kris Mraz N5KM <mraz@aud.alcatel.com> writes:
>>
>> I have two 40 ft. bare telephone poles that will be installed
>> to support wire antennas for 80m. Each will be installed 5 ft.
>> into the ground. I will use wooden wedges around the hole to
>> get the pole vertical then fill the hole around the pole with
>> pea gravel. Does anyone have any experience installing
>> telephones? Does this sound like a reasonable approach? Any
>> helpful suggestions? Thanks.
>>
>> Kris N5KM
>>
>
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