[TowerTalk] Tower base hole?

Jack Myers jackqm at oregontrail.net
Sat Sep 6 09:33:09 EDT 2003


Wow 8ft deep? What kind of tower are you putting up and what kind of soil are you in?
I just planted my bases for my 2 100 ft towers and dug roughly 3x3x4 to 5 ft holes with a small kubota backhoe I rented. I was going to go a little deeper but ran into nearly solid rock and decided they were not going to move.
The backhoe is the easiest, though less aerobic, way to go. A good operator can dig down without making a huge hole though it does take a little longer when trying not to disturb the surrounding ground too much. I am not sure about 8 ft though, you may have to do the last bit by hand. But a little digging is better than allot of digging IMHO.
Jack NK7J 


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