FYI. I am Planning on back anchoring it Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 29, 2018, at 18:30, Craig House <[email protected]> wrote: > > It’s 120 foot tall 45G Tower. I’ve already purchased and had the pipe welded > for planning on putting it in the holes on Monday if I can get the holes dug > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 29, 2018, at 18:13, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would strongly suggest you not use pipe. It had strong compressive >> resistance but it is laterally weak. If you put much force on it if will >> bend. I beam is the only way to go. You still haven't mentioned how tall or >> the face size of this tower. >> >>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 6:09 PM Mitch Koep <[email protected]> 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, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >>> >> 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 >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> AF mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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