[TowerTalk] Fwd: Guy anchors in shallow soil

[Linux Mercedes]

Wow, my soil is a lot harder than that. Dad and I tried to put them in 
like you and other hams have described, but it proved to be pretty 
difficult. Instead, we did it where one person put torque on the anchor 
with the breaker bar, and then the other person hit the anchor with the 
sledgehammer, allowing it to twist a few degrees. I think we put an hour 
or so into one anchor and got it maybe halfway in.

On 09/01/2014 09:42 AM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:
> Rick,
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> 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).
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> Hans - N2JFS
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> -----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
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> 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
>>
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> 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.
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> 73
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> Rick N6RK
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