[TowerTalk] Shallow burying coax/conduit -- another method

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

When we put in the new, 200A service, I ran about 110-120 feet of 4" PVC 
conduit from the pole to the service entrance.  I rented a skid steer 
trencher with a platform on the back for the operator stood on, from an 
equipment rental place. Home Depot, or :owe's didn't have one that big. 
I don't remember the width of the trench, but I do remember breaking two 
shear pins getting diagonally across the driveway.  I had a good size 
messenger cable in there too.  I remember how happy that made the power 
company crew. They just had to put lots of snot...er cable pulling soap 
on the three 00 Cu cables and pull.  The did pull their own, still 
larger, messenger cable in first though. That was not a 5 minute job <:-)

73, Roger (K8RI)

On 5/11/2017 Thursday 7:30 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> I rented a 2" wide x 16" deep walk behind 2 wheeled trencher at Home 
> Depot which for a 300' RG6 coax in conduit run thru some trees to a 4 
> sq receive antenna.  Barreto brand IIRC.  They also had a larger one, 
> but the small one was perfect for maneuverability. Rental yards have 
> ride on sized ones usually Ditch Witch or Vermeer.  My ranch ride on 
> diesel DW 3500 (sold) did 5" wide 36" deep and I did thousands of feet 
> of ditch with it.
>
> Grant KZ1W
>
> On 5/10/2017 14:33 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>> Make and model of trencher?
>>
>> Rick N6RK
>>
>> On 5/10/2017 1:42 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
>>> We recently had our yard cleaned up for summer (getting too old for all
>>> the yard work). Running the coax from the 6-pack at the tower to the
>>> AV640 mount, we had cut a slot with the edger and pushed the coax in,
>>> but the up and down in the coax formed by having to push the BuryFlex
>>> into the slot both shortened the run and the coax popped to the surface
>>> in a couple of spots. Just laying the coax in the grass was not
>>> acceptable as the thatcher would pull it up and get tangled up. The 
>>> yard
>>> crew mentioned they had a small trencher for installing edging (cuts 
>>> a 4
>>> X 4" trench).  They ran a new, straight trench in less than a couple of
>>> minutes to drop the straightened coax into which was back to the
>>> original length.  This was great for shallow burying of coax, or 
>>> even 3"
>>> PVC conduit.
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TowerTalk mailing list
>> TowerTalk at contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk


-- 

73

Roger (K8RI)


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus