Ther is usually a cut out area about chest level on the pole.. This is 12 feet from the bottom of the pole. If you have 40 foot poles in the area, you can tell how deep the telco or power company is burying them. Out her they do 11 percent +1 foot for every foot over a certain height.
ryan -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:28 AM To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wood Pole Towers (Was: Re: Trylon Titan Foundation Work) They go 10% + 2' into the ground, depending on soil conditions. ---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "3-dB Networks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:33 PM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wood Pole Towers (Was: Re: Trylon Titan Foundation Work) > Your local friendly telco would be able to help on the sourcing... > > I was working with a telco last winter that installed a 65 foot pole for > us... 10 foot I think was underground... anyways he said the price on new > poles had gone through the roof lately... I think that pole cost them $1k > or > so. > > My point being... a Trylon tower or equivalent may be a better bet > overall. > I would personally only choose a pole if I could get them for dirt cheap, > or > they were already existing. I think long run a tower is a better > investment. > > My 2 cents... > > Daniel White > 3-dB Networks > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Matt Jenkins > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Wood Pole Towers (Was: Re: Trylon Titan Foundation Work) > > So who do I talk to, to get one of these wood poles and how do I get it > installed? Is it possible to get them about 75ft above ground? I have a > few sites this would work very nicely. > > - Matt > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Easy project >> >> Foundation for a 40 Trylon is probably something like 6 x 6 x 4'. Any > concrete contractor should be able to do this real cheap. 6 yards of crete > at $90 or so a yard. Rent a mini excavator for about $200. Rebar the hole > another couple of hundred. Install the base, make sure its level, pour the > crete, float and wait. >> >> Build the tower on the ground and lift it in place with a boom truck. >> >> Boom truck for a coupl [The entire original message is not included] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
