Fw: [TowerTalk] Re: Tower base hole?

[kb9yku]

how big do it need to be can you use a 55 gel drum as a form or as a safety 
cage wane it get one drum deep  add 2ed one  or old home heating oil 
tanks  ends removed
i seen a  parking lot lite pole installed they dug the hole  concreted 
a  55 gel drum with ends out than pored it full with bolts and  re bar cage 
for the street light post
i take it the concrete  out side drum  went all the way too the  bottom or 
deeper
it was in a  fulled parking lot
filled with brick building brick from a  torn down building
soo   hand digging would have been painful
ken
kb9yku

At 11:14 PM 9/6/2003 -0500, Kelly Taylor wrote:
>My bigger concern with an 8-foot deep hole isn't with how to dig it, but,
>depending on the soil, how to keep it from collapsing in on me as I do.
>
>For that reason, anything that allows you to dig the hole without being in
>the hole is a good thing.
>
>73, kelly
>ve4xt
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James" <jameswarren at swbell.net>
>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:12 PM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Tower base hole?
>
>
> > >> I am looking for some help / suggestions on the
> > >> best way to dig a 4 by 4 by 8 foot deep hole
> > >> for my new tower base.  Is the old Armstrong
> > >> method best or would a backhoe be best??
> > >> Will a backhoe disturb the earth around the hole??
> >
> > EIGHT FEET DEEP? I had to dig a six or eight feet on a side by
> > four feet deep hole for a 100 foot self supported tower (its was
> > over 20 years ago - so not sure of the exact dimensions or height).
> >
> > I had to dig it by hand and with a car battery operated auger, but
> > it was worthless in the cold damp clay. It took me all day to do it.
> >
> > When I had to do it again a few years later, I rented a backhoe; but
> > it was to big for the trees so I took it back for a Bobcat with a
> > small backhoe on it. The Bobcat did a pretty good job at squaring up
> > the hole without disturbing the surrounding soil.
> >
> >
> >
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