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
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