[TowerTalk] Looking for some foundation advice

[john at kk9a.com]

It is still spring, actually maybe still winter in Wisconsin. My soil  
is so wet I have not been about to mow for a couple of weeks. If you  
wait until the summer the ground will dry up and it will be much  
easier to install your tower foundation.

John KK9A/4


Don Solberg K9AQ

I was planning on purchasing a used US Tower HDX-572, 72 ft crank up
tower.  It looks like I may have run into a problem with the foundation.  I
had some trenching done today for a new well and discovered that the ground
water level is just slightly lower than 6ft.  US Tower specifications call
from a 7.5 foot deep hole. My soil is mostly sand, so in addition to not
being able to go down 7.5 ft, I probably also want to make the foundation
wider.

Is it practical to put up the 72ft tower with a wider pad, or should I look
at getting a smaller 55ft tower?  Another alternative is find another
location for the tower.  I have about a 10 ft hill on another property that
I own across a gravel road.  This would most likely eliminate the ground
water problem but I would have about a 300 ft cable run and I would have to
trench across the town's gravel road.

I am looking for recommendations.

73,

Don K9AQ