Adam the problem here is not that we don’t use the markers because we do the problem is that this campground allows drunken night time ATV riding without helmets. Apparently would be a great place for some video cameras to if I wanted footage for girls gone wild or rednecks gone wild
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2018, at 11:55, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Back in the olden days, I dug telephone pole holes up to 7 feet deep with > very long handled shovels, spoons and a long digging bar. > > Then we would manually install the pole in the hole with pike poles. > > Don't miss that! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Moffett > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 10:49 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Anchor holes > > Yeah, what Mitch said. They make yellow guards for guy wires; > specifically so people can see them and not get clotheslined. > > It would also seem if somebody could hit the wire, they could hit your > pipe. Rather than getting clotheslined they've wrecked their ATV and > face planted into a pole. Making it more visible would be the key. If > the guy wire would physically cross an ATV trail, then moving the guy > anchors farther out would give it more clearance. > > But I know I'm safely in my armchair here and can't see the situation on > the ground. > > Telephone pole contractors can auger that deep. We had a guy doing 30" > holes 10 feet deep for so we could plant an 80' pole. If you want to > hit 6 feet depth, they might have something at the tool rental place for > setting deck posts. If not, then a telephone pole contractor. They can > go through rock if they have carbide rock teeth on the auger. > > -Adam > > > > > On 9/29/2018 7:08 PM, Mitch Koep wrote: > > Craig > > > > Maybe a chain link fence next to the guy wires > > > > to the ground connection Extend fence out to the the point the guy wires > > is about > > > > 10 foot above ground??? > > > > We do that and use light weight orange fiber duct on the guy wires to the > > ground lug > > > > Mitch > > > > > > On 9/29/2018 3:15 PM, Craig House wrote: > >> Yes. Elevated guy supports. The location is an atv off road ranch and > >> they are worried about people getting clothes lined. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Sep 29, 2018, at 15:05, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> 10 foot tall wooden poles for an aerial attachment only need to be set > >>> maybe > >>> 4 feet deep. > >>> > >>> Or are you talking about elevated supports for guy wires? > >>> If so, you probably need to dig a trench for an L shaped sleeper and the > >>> some rebar in sonotube for the poles and anchors. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Craig House > >>> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 12:55 PM > >>> To: af@af.afmug.com > >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Anchor holes > >>> > >>> > >>> I have a tower construction location which is going to require 10 foot > >>> poles > >>> above ground as an attachment point for the wires at each of the holes. > >>> I > >>> have the pipes constructed but I’m concerned about being able to drill > >>> the > >>> holes in our soil and ground to accommodate the pipes. Has anyone done > >>> something like this before I’m not looking to do typical anchor holes > >>> that > >>> are 6 feet or 8 feet wide and a foot and a half across I’m looking for > >>> an > >>> auger hole that is a straight 6 to 7 feet down > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> -- > >>> AF mailing list > >>> AF@af.afmug.com > >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> AF mailing list > >>> AF@af.afmug.com > >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
