[TowerTalk] Guy Anchor Advise

[AA6DX - Mark]

I have used the Bosch rental electric jackhammers for removing tower bases. 
Well ..  sort of ...   I remove down about 2-3 feet of concrete, the hammer 
also "cut" the legs of the Rohn/whatever bases .. and then .. take out the 
debris, and dirt is shoveled over the whole enchilada .. a little grass 
seed, and  ... VOILA .. the tower is gone .. until someone in future years 
decides to Rototill the yard .. but, whatta hey.   So .. should work as Al 
sez...   Mark  AA6DX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Toothaker" <N6TA at arrl.net>
To: <K2EK at aol.com>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guy Anchor Advise


>I was very surprised at what can be done with a rented 'Bosch' type 
>electric
> jackhammer.  Work to be sure to get the broken pieces out but if you have
> the time and back, it may be easier than you imagine.
> Al
> N6TA
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K2EK at aol.com
>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:34 PM
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Guy Anchor Advise
>>
>> Hello all...
>>
>> Within the next few months, construction begins on my new hilltop QTH.
>>
>> Obviously, I am already planning for the installation of a pair of 45G
>> towers, which
>> for the heights I expect,  Rhon specs (4A  or 4B) call for guy anchors at
>> a
>> depth of 4 feet.
>>
>> Enter the problem...
>> As the location is a typical northeast, rock prevails -  it is everywhere
>> and
>> in my case,
>> is gneiss - a hard granitelike rock.   Out of the 6 anchor locations, I
>> may
>> get lucky and find
>> 4 feet at one or 2 - in some places rock shows above the soil line.
>> Zoning
>> requirements plus the slope of the hill kind of limit siting the towers 
>> so
>> I
>> really do not have the luxury of moving things around much searching for
>> suitably deep soil.  At best, I can rotate the guys around the tower axis
>> a bit.
>>
>> I'd like to hear from anyone having solved installation in similar
>> terrain.
>>
>> I imagine I could have the rock hammered out, but intuitively that sounds
>> expensive.
>> Rather than removing a lot of very hard rock, to just turn around and re-
>> fill
>> with concrete wouldn't it be possible to drill a suitable hole and set
>> some
>> kind of anchor rod in it?
>>
>> 73 de Bill
>> K2EK