[Towertalk] Tower Base

[David]

Better yet, rent a mini-backhoe and do it yourself.  It's not that hard to
operate and was actually a lot of fun!  Just practice with the controls for
awhile first and then take your time digging the hole.

73,
David, K4ZZR

> From: "Bruce Miller" <bruce@epocs.com>
> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:36:02 -0700
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [Towertalk] Tower Base
> 
> The size of your concrete base may depend more on the skill, or lack of,
> of your backhoe operator than on what size base you wish to have.  At my
> very remote QTH, the one and only backhoe operator for 25 miles was told
> to dig a hole 3' X 3' X 8'.  Due to the size of the bucket, and an over
> zealous operator, the hole turned out to be 4' X 5' X 8'.  You can't
> talk precision when dealing with large earth moving equipment!  Keep a
> tight leash on the backhoe operator.
> Bruce AA5BH
> 
> 
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