RoughandReadyRanch
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Ok so here is the situation. I have two strings of hops going in the ground this weekend. The plan was to use reclaimed 21' 2.5" well pipe. I am going to sink it straight down 4 feet leaving me a 17' tall poll. I was planning on cementing them in as well. I was going to use heavy aircraft cable to support the massive weight. Looking at 80' length with 3 foot spacing and a total of 16 rhizomes. Here is the problem. I only got my hands on a select number of pipes due to someone beating me to the punch and now I have to basically rune 80' with 3 pipes. I planned to cut grooves in the tops of the pipes so the cable would rest in them and then run the cable down to a 6800lb breaking point anchor on each end. Can this be done or am I living a dream that will end in huge sagging and a ton of hops on the ground? If this can't be done does anyone have a suggested max length? I am thinking I just go balls out this time around and the way I have my setup I can pull the rhizome at 20' mark next when every I get more polls and just place them in for support. Thanks in advance.