To complete the frame, it took a number of weekends to dig the holes and get some concrete into the ground. I used all pressure treated lumber, 4×4’s and 2x8x12’s doubling up the 2×8 where I could for extra attachment/mounting points . This was all done the summer of 19′
For the pad’s I added rebar horizontally and ridged galvanized screen I had laying around to add just a bit more integrity to the cement. Large bolts were added to the wet cement to fasten the 4×4’s to each pad and tighten down.
I am not going to lie, this is some hard, rocky ground I have had to deal with. So much so I broke the fiberglass handle of the shovel I was using, and wore flat the chisel end of a 30lb + rockbar.
Not shown are two trenches I dug, one for conduit back to the house and the other was for a 8′ grounding rod that I installed horizontally, again due to the rocks and hard soil it was my only option.
The images are in no particular order.
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