spring thaw for building ? powell/clark area (Cody: live in, company)

[225digger]

we are looking at starting a building project in the powell/clark area and curious on when it is ok to start digging , since this area is sort of dry im assuming there isnt much frozen ground or am i wrong ? we would like to start end of april if at all possible .

thanks !

[tigergal]

Originally Posted by 225digger

we are looking at starting a building project in the powell/clark area and curious on when it is ok to start digging , since this area is sort of dry im assuming there isnt much frozen ground or am i wrong ? we would like to start end of april if at all possible .

thanks !

Dry is a relative term. I'm in Cody - just down the road from Clark and Powell. If it's any indication, they can't dig in this area to bury fiber-optic cable until late May or so (by their estimation given last week), so I'm guessing it may be as difficult to dig for anything else til then.

[225digger]

alittle off topic from the ground thaw ....but fiber optics ? no way ? im kind of jelous , the town i live in here in PA is pretty big , and close to the capitol and we have yet to get fiber ... o well . maybe one day

but i might have to wait till summer to go forward .

thank you

[Wyomama2]

You can dig a hole year round, it's pouring concrete that is problematic but that's why they have ground heaters and concrete blankets.

[Tim Tim Tim]

Originally Posted by 225digger

alittle off topic from the ground thaw ....but fiber optics ? no way ? im kind of jelous , the town i live in here in PA is pretty big , and close to the capitol and we have yet to get fiber ... o well . maybe one day

but i might have to wait till summer to go forward .

thank you

Trust me, you have a lot of fiber there. It may not come to your door but your cable company is likely running an HFC (hybrid fiber/coax) network and your phone company most likely is using a fiber backbone as well.