{"id":409,"date":"2010-04-24T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2018-11-11T20:56:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T20:56:02","slug":"tower-project-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/tower-project-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower project &#8211; continued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well yesterday we got the hole dug and the base unit <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">set<\/strong> in concrete. <\/p>\n<p>Starting the 30 inch hole (actually measured 36 at surface]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20100423084058.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20100423084058\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"20100423084058\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20100423084058_thumb.jpg?resize=452%2C340\" width=\"452\" height=\"340\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we are about 1\/2 of the total depth = 3.0ft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20100423084029.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20100423084029\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"20100423084029\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20100423084029_thumb.jpg?resize=456%2C343\" width=\"456\" height=\"343\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We got 3\/4 <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">inch<\/strong> <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">rain<\/strong> during the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">night<\/strong> so it was pretty wet, but I wanted it dug in and figured we could get that &#8220;skid-loader with attachment&#8221; in that far. the top was muddy and our soil here is really a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">lot<\/strong> of clay so it was balled up bad at start but mellowed out at 3ft&#8230; the loader made some terrible tracks as he had to back up to dump out the dirt then move back in to dig more, the back and forth on this made a mess of the yard but hey! we got it dug and planted&#8230; so happy for that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Today I worked on getting the winch mounted on the plate and getting the cable <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">run<\/strong> over the top. 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