[TowerTalk] Digging The Hole

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

The hole is probably a bit bigger than what you wanted to dig unless you 
were a much better operator than most.

Yes you should be worried.  You could shore up the sides with plywood 
and posts but that would be a lot of work for nothing.

W0MU




On 2/10/2018 7:51 AM, jimlux wrote:
> On 2/10/18 6:33 AM, Richard Solomon wrote:
>> Better yet, just fill the hole with
>> concrete. It's cheaper than a
>> funeral.
>>
>> Square up the part showing above
>> ground, no one will see whats
>> below it.
>
> Really.. Dick has got the right idea here.. if the corner is a bit 
> rounded at the bottom, it's not like the cube o'concrete will fail to 
> be a "big lump o' mass".
> Use your mini excavator to dig a few inches deeper in the middle if 
> you're worried about having leftover concrete from the truck.
>
>
>
>>> On 2/10/2018 7:52 AM, jimlux wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/9/18 11:04 AM, Joe Partlow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So I'm in the process of digging the hole for my tower foundation. 
>>>>> I've
>>>>> dug
>>>>> most of it out with a mini-excavator but now I have to climb down 
>>>>> inside
>>>>> to
>>>>> finish up the corners and such. the hole will be 4' X 4' x 6' deep.
>>>>> Should
>>>>> I be worried about cave-ins?
>>>>>
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