[TowerTalk] Fwd: Guy anchors in shallow soil

[Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk]

Rick,


In my case I used a sledge hammer and a large break bar. i screwed the anchor in as far as possible, hit it with the sledge and turned it again. I proceeded that way until the anchor was in deep enough. Each anchor took about 15 minutes (manual labor).


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Richard (Rick) Karlquist <richard at karlquist.com>
To: Palmer C Byrne <w7nmd at twinlakes-ar.us>; 'Linux Mercedes' <linuxmercedes at gmail.com>
Cc: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, Aug 31, 2014 10:30 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guy anchors in shallow soil


On 8/31/2014 9:34 AM, Palmer C Byrne wrote:
> I have a 50' Roan 25G  tilt over tower that I installed using 8" MILSPEC
> Anchors. http://milspecanchors.com . Pull out resistance is 9,000 pounds in
> hard pan soil. They will drive through or around granite and sandstone rocks
> which are common in northern Arkansas. Using an electric jack hammer took
> less than 2 minutes to drive each anchor.   You can use the same tool to
> drive your ground rods while you are at it.
> Palmer W7NMD
>

Thanks for posting that website.  Lots of stuff to choose from.
Could you point us to the actual "8" MILSPEC" part you used?
You mention using a jack hammer to drive it.  Are you referring
to the arrow head type?  AKA "duck bill".  As opposed to screw in; I 
don't know how you use a jackhammer to install a screw in type.
BTW, please, make and model of jackhammer and bit used.

Here we have not just hard pan, but cemented hard pan, however
zero rocks.

73

Rick N6RK
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