PACountryGuy
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What should be the depth and diameter of a hole to hold a 21-foot tapered steel pole with a 30-pound bell at the top. The bell has a shaft to attach to a rope and we do plan on ringing it for no good reason.
I am thinking of concrete and rebar for the hole. But how deep and what diameter?
The pole has a mounting plate with four holes at its base.
My soil in Western Pennsylvania is heavy and silty. Some may call it clay, but I was told long ago by an engineer that is not really clay.
I could also use suggestions on mounting the pole to the base, too, and how to raise it. I don' t know how heavy it is. The pole is about 6 inches at the bottom and tapers to maybe three inches at the top. I was thinking about fabricating a hinged base, then using a block and tackle and gin pole, but what would I fasten the this to? A tractor? A truck.
This operations is not different than raising a flag pole, but my 60-foot flag pole was raised by a well driller friend who was here drilling my well some time ago.
I am thinking of concrete and rebar for the hole. But how deep and what diameter?
The pole has a mounting plate with four holes at its base.
My soil in Western Pennsylvania is heavy and silty. Some may call it clay, but I was told long ago by an engineer that is not really clay.
I could also use suggestions on mounting the pole to the base, too, and how to raise it. I don' t know how heavy it is. The pole is about 6 inches at the bottom and tapers to maybe three inches at the top. I was thinking about fabricating a hinged base, then using a block and tackle and gin pole, but what would I fasten the this to? A tractor? A truck.
This operations is not different than raising a flag pole, but my 60-foot flag pole was raised by a well driller friend who was here drilling my well some time ago.