[Shop-talk] 1/2 socket drive adapter for power auger?

[Jim Franklin]

Yes, definitely all backhoe movable. Very little in life that can't be solved with a backhoe :-)

I found RediFooting:

https://www.redifooting.com/why-redi-footing <https://www.redifooting.com/why-redi-footing>

If I'm resigned to digging a hole with an auger, this beats the whole concrete sonotube circus. And a bunch of folks on the Journsal of Light Construction like them, which is always a nod to something's viability for me. Still open to ideas though, rental shop is closed until Monday morning...

jim

> On Jun 13, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net> wrote:
> 
> Are we talking about rocks that could conceivably be dug up with a backhoe?  If you do that and end up with a hole that's too big and deep, you can fill in the extra with gravel.  If we are talking about solid rock, like bedrock, there are ways to attach the footing to the rock.  Google that and you will find a bunch of ideas.  If this operation requires a permit, I would consult with the building inspector.  He will have ideas on the right way to do it.  His way is automatically the right way and the way that he will sign off on!
> 
> -Steve
> 
> At 02:30 PM 6/13/2020, Jim Franklin wrote:
>> Hahaha, 0 for 3 on finding a rock-free location. I did pinch the webbing inside my thumb with the breaker bar, so there's that...
>> 
>> Any crazy ideas to get a 24 x 24 freestanding deck secured against destruction from frost heave movement and against uplift from hurricanes? I don't know that I can get enough sonotubes deep enough and lined up well enough to carry the 3 beams. The ground slopes too much to just pour a slab.
>> 
>> jim
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