Weather: rain in morning, still were able to navigate the road in and out.
People: Steve, Chris, Tony, William, Bob, Dan (who left at the end of the day: Thanks, Dan!)
Mary Cal brought the big screw anchors (thanks, Mary Cal!!), so we tried them out. The 46" pull tested at 1800lbs, which is more than adequate. However, we thought we still should have a backup of another anchor. Thus, our goal is a 46" and 36" at each anchor point for the 35' towers. Unfortunately, after peppering the ground, we often were unable to fully seat aa 46" in the ground, and sometimes it was difficult to get a 36" in the ground. At the end of the day, we had a 46" and 36" in for ue, so we added the last 5' to this tower and fully erected it. We also got 5 36" anchors in for d, though one of even these anchors we accomplished by digging out the first 2' of rocks, pre-punching a hole with the big steel pick bar, screwing in the anchor, and then back-filling (with tamping) the hole. It felt pretty solid, but we'll have to do this yet again to be finished with d.
Tomorrow, places should be open again, so we'll continue the Manta saga....
