Flagpoles

oldgoat

Don't know if this would be the right place, but about how deep would a person need to set a 25ft flagpole? Know of a guy that wants to put one up but can only put it 3ft deep because it goes right over the electrical service to his business. Doesn't sound deep enough to me and I sure wouldn't want to be digging down even by hand and setting a pole over a service line.

MC Excavating

When you cant go deep go wide. I'm not a structural engineer but thats what I have seen done with fence post footings that are over utility lines. Maybe look up some standard plans for flag pole foundations to get some ideas on how much of a foundation you may need.

MC Excavating

Heres some info.

http://www.lingoinc.com/FoundationInfo.htm

oldgoat

Thanks for the info and the link. Looks like it would give the info that he needs as far as depth. Don't think that I would feel comfortable though with a lightning spike right over the service line.

rino1494

I would be kinda weary about putting a pole in ground that was already dug up before. Can you at least move it over a couple feet ??

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oldgoat

I asked the same thing, but he said that it had to be in that spot for appearance purposes. Already said that he probably couldn't get any respectable contractor to do it, but is one of these guys that is bound and determined to do things his way and his way is that one spot.

Teetorbilt

Like MC said, go wide. Get a local engineer to do the calcs for you just to CYA.

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oldgoat

Well he says that he is going to put it there like the chart basically says and that with the trench recently being dug and filled with gravel it will make for easy digging. Makes me wonder about what rino said with how good it would be in recently dug up ground.

dayexco

i would run, not walk away from this deal....when it blows over and kills somebody, or hurt them, or fall on their new mercedes....if your fingerprint is on the pole, you're going to be named in the lawsuit.

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