>Before setting an outdoor dial pedestal, I would like to get >an assortment of opinion as to the effects of hard freezes
Tom, I live in Barrow, Alaska where it gets to -40/-50 in the winter. We have plenty of permafrost so sinking a post into it is the way to go. Summer thaw depth is on the order of 2 feet or less, then there is permafrost for 2000-3000 feet. Do you have permafrost there in ME- (Maine?) If people here sink a metal pole it can get pushed back up by the freeze-thaw cycle and lose alignment. Wooden poles are the way to go in permafrost conditions. >foundation must go down 8 feet to below the frost line, and >others say that if the ground on which something is set is We go 12-18 feet and wrap a sheet of heavy plastic around the pole. That keeps the pole from getting pushed up because it keeps the dirt from sticking to the pole. Good luck... Dan ********************************************************************** There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them -Heisenberg Dan Endres [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOAA/CMDL or P.O. Box 888 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Barrow, AK 99723 voice phone: (907) 852-6500 fax: (907) 852-4622 **********************************************************************
