[TowerTalk] DIGGING A HOLE WITH A BACKHOE

[Jack Brindle]

What kind of quotes are you getting?

This has been a very enlightening (and encouraging) discussion! Perhaps this is the year my Rohn 25 moves from the garage to the back yard and goes vertical...

Jack Brindle, W6FB

On May 6, 2011, at 9:21 PM, STEVE LANE wrote:

> That's why I mentioned it. I have been pricing the rental equipment in my
> area and think I can do it pretty cheap.
> 
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway at bellsouth.net
>> wrote:
> 
>> Well, you will get a 36" diameter hole.  It should be pretty accurate.  You
>> will have to spread all the dirt somewhere.
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of STEVE LANE
>> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 10:16 PM
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIGGING A HOLE WITH A BACKHOE
>> 
>> What about using an auger? I am getting ready to put up my w51 and have
>> been
>> thinking about using a 36 inch auger to bore a hole 5-6 feet deep.
>> 
>> Steve K9SL
>> \
>> 
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Al Williams <alwilliams at olywa.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m73 at gmail.com>
>>> 
>>> SNIP
>>>> As many have noted, it's hard to dig a perfect hole with a backhoe or
>>>> excavator. The hole always ends up larger than intended, especially
>> after
>>>> you get in and square it up with a shovel. The pier wound up closer to
>>>> 4'x4'x6' and was more trapezoidal than rectangular (i.e., wider at the
>>>> base.)
>>> 
>>> 1.     Whys square the hole with a shovel? The only need might be to
>> square
>>> up the visible part above the hole!
>>> 
>>> 2.    "...wider at the base."?  I only have maybe 50 hours using my small
>>> BX22 backhoe but thats enough to know that the holes are always "wider at
>>> the top of the hole". This is because most backholes have two arms; the
>>> first attached to the low base of the tractor the arm then tilts up.
>>> The second arm attaches to the end of the first arm and tilts down to the
>>> ground. It is difficult to get the outer arm's bucket deep without the
>>> inner
>>> arm hitting the ground
>>> 
>>> Digging a straight down hole requires a lot of coordinated tractor moving
>>> toward/away from the hole while also changing both arm angles.
>>> 
>>> 3.    Readers contemplating having a deep, straight sided hole dug should
>>> find a contractor with a backhoe that has a telescoping/sliding arm
>> mounted
>>> on the second (outer arm). This telescoping arm can dig straight vertical
>>> holes 8 or more feet deep.
>>> 
>>> k7puc
>>> 
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