Scouts and New Pole
Just saw first scouts yesterday and I'm trying to put up my new pole (third one). I'm a foot and a half deep and I've been jackhammering through solid rock for about a foot. Any others with rocky soil have any suggestions on how much further I need to go?
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C.C.Martins
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6.5 feet will be a good depth.
Haha, sorry. How about making the hole wider? Deep as your able but wider?
Haha, sorry. How about making the hole wider? Deep as your able but wider?
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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Conrad Baker
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What type of housing are you putting on it, and do you plan to set it in concrete, or just refill the hole with dirt?
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Conrad Baker
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What are you mounting on top of it?? Housing, feeding tray ?? 18 inches should be good, but another 6 inches will definitely be insurance.
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Conrad Baker
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I was thinking that after you dig as deep as possible, maybe you could build a 6 or 12 inch high box form around the base of the pole and put more concrete in that. It would certainly beef up your base and support for the pole. Let us know how it turns out.
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Sounds like you might have a good plan, but another option in case it would make sense -
A guy I know hired a place to put a nice cedar fence with posts by his barn for animals. They hit massive ledge rock when trying to dig holes for some of the posts. There was no way they were going to try drilling through the ledge, so they actually ended up anchoring some of the posts to the ledge. Granted the ledge was a solid piece and very stable, but an option none the less. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
A guy I know hired a place to put a nice cedar fence with posts by his barn for animals. They hit massive ledge rock when trying to dig holes for some of the posts. There was no way they were going to try drilling through the ledge, so they actually ended up anchoring some of the posts to the ledge. Granted the ledge was a solid piece and very stable, but an option none the less. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do!