I purchase 1/2" poly gas line for the wire markers. You can get it at your local HVAC supply store. Cut it into 10' lengths for each wire, and it works like a champ.
On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 1:32 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh my. What's the address? > > > On 9/30/2018 1:03 PM, Craig House wrote: > > 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, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > >> 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, <[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 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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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