[TowerTalk] [Bulk] My hole is angled. :(

[Patrick Greenlee]

Why fill them with expensive concrete when "soil cement" would do the job or 
fill with debris (scrap reclaimed concrete rubble)_ and then pour in 
concrete with a water reducer plasticizer additive to make it easy for the 
pour to get into the nooks and crannies?  Once you have filled the tank with 
low compressibility material its walls would not "give" to external 
pressures generated by a near by tower base.

I suppose this is when you tell me there was no clearance to get a dump 
truck to the tanks location and the extended chute (or concrete pump) was 
the only practical solution.

With only 6 inches of soil over the tank(s) then during a dry spell the 
tank(s) will probably "print through."

Patrick NJ5G

-----Original Message----- 
From: Grant Saviers
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 10:27 AM
To: David Gallatin ; TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [Bulk] My hole is angled. :(

We (K7LXC & I) ended up finding a unknown buried abandoned septic tank
for my HDX589 base.  Moved over 5' and found a second one!  Concrete
without rebar is legal structural fill so the humongous hole sucked up
19 yards vs the 9 yards for the UST design.  Use a form to make it look
good above ground and pour to have 6" of topsoil over the fill concrete.

Grant KZ1W

On 10/25/2014 2:19 PM, David Gallatin via TowerTalk wrote:
> Hello everyone.  When last we spoke I was off to dig my hole. 36?36?48. At 
> the top I have a slope of about ten degrees to the east. I'm about done 
> but I have not decided what, if anything to do about the slope. I'm going 
> to level the bottom which I estimate will mean going to 50 inches on the 
> west side. So long as the bottom is level do I need to concern myself much 
> with the top? FYI...digging sucks. Lol.
>
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