[TowerTalk] Hole Digging Question

[Alan C. Zack]

A 5' X 5' X 8' base sounds kinda small for a 72 ft tower.  What wind 
calcs are you using?  Did your Bldg Dept ask for wind calcs with your 
application?  Just asking to save you future problems.
GL

hdmc38 at bellsouth.net wrote:
> It would be on my job Pat.
> 
>                 73 Joe K4XZ
> 
>>From: "Pat Chiles" <chilesp at adelphia.net>
>>Date: 2004/07/22 Thu AM 10:26:52 EDT
>>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>Subject: [TowerTalk] Hole Digging Question
>>
>>I will be starting a tower project in about a month.  It will be a 72 FT crank-up and the specs call for a foundation that is 5ftx5ftx8ft.  Is it reasonable to expect a back-hoe operator to be able to dig this size whole without elongating it beyond 5ftx5ft?
>>
>>Pat, K8PC

> 
> 
> JOE PATRICK
> SENIOR PLUMBING/MECHANICAL
> INSPECTOR CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH
> 


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