The usual solution is to fence off the area around the anchors with heavy yellow painted pipe like you sometimes see in parking lots. I seem to remember posts about some people using portable livestock pen panels. Probably you'll say the drunken ATV riders will just run into the fence.
-----Original Message----- From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Craig House Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 12:10 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Anchor holes Interesting idea Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2018, at 12:07, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > https://www.sportsfieldspecialties.com/goal-post-padding/football-goal > -post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig House > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 11:03 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Anchor holes > > 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 > > > -- > 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
