Foundations and Floors

[G. Leis]

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1 more question, Is there an outfit that privately drills holes in lava for utility poles, I was thinking of bringing 2 to make a swing with, the higher the better for a nice long ground level swing, maybe I'll bring 4 have them set and tie off the tarp to them keep the rain and the sun off my achy breaky back.

Aloha Pal, HADave

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Here you go Dave, this from a post on the Fern Acres yahoo group a couple months ago:

If you want to put in 4" steel poles call Delima drilling. They charge
$750.00 to install the first pole and $200 for each one after that. It
includes drilling three holes for the first pole, one for the pole and two
others for the ground rods. You get your poles and ground rods on site and
they stand them up and pour them in as part of the cost. He can also
provide the poles. Make sure you provide another ground rod for your
service panel pole if you are doing more than one pole.
Take the 4" coupling sleeve you get with the pole and some flat 1/8" plate
from Hilo Steel and call Bob Wiggers at 968-7551, and he will weld the
plate on the sleeve so you don't have to pay $43.00 for a 4" cap. Bob
lives at the front of Plumeria at the eggs for sale sign about pole 5-6.
I recommend that you wire up the first pole and then after you have power
from HELCO run your wire back to your other poles and service panel.
It takes about 4 weeks to get power if you do it this way. Also Central
Supply has a pretty good price on poles.

aloha,
Gene