And it will have a metal tag or stamped into the wood in that area something like: 4-40 or 5-25
The first number is the class and the second is the length in feet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wood Pole Towers (Was: Re: Trylon Titan Foundation Work) > 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 <[email protected]> > 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'" <[email protected]> > 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: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
