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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Dish Installation on Wooden Post?
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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 715164" data-attributes="member: 176362"><p>Ive used wooden posts for years:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/picture-members-setups-general-satellite-installations/181504-dish-farm-renovations-new-1m-dish-added-setup.html" target="_blank">http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/picture-members-setups-general-satellite-installations/181504-dish-farm-renovations-new-1m-dish-added-setup.html</a></p><p></p><p>Ive gone up to 1m Orbitals on them (1 steel, 1 aluminium)</p><p></p><p>I had no end of problems with the older and heavy steel dish - the post kept moving in the winter storms. Eventually I found a long steel pole, slipped it through the loose u bolts and belted it into the ground with a sledgehammer to take some of the weight. Then tightened the u bolts up properly <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Its been fine since. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>BTW none of my posts are concreted in - they are just knocked in with the sledgehammer. A complete bodge job, but it works ok most of the time as my garden is reasonably sheltered.. I started these sorts of dish mounts off about 4-5 years ago and they have been fine.</p><p></p><p>FWIW personally I dont think Id try this with anything heavier than a 1m steel orbital dish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 715164, member: 176362"] Ive used wooden posts for years: [url]http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/picture-members-setups-general-satellite-installations/181504-dish-farm-renovations-new-1m-dish-added-setup.html[/url] Ive gone up to 1m Orbitals on them (1 steel, 1 aluminium) I had no end of problems with the older and heavy steel dish - the post kept moving in the winter storms. Eventually I found a long steel pole, slipped it through the loose u bolts and belted it into the ground with a sledgehammer to take some of the weight. Then tightened the u bolts up properly :D Its been fine since. :D BTW none of my posts are concreted in - they are just knocked in with the sledgehammer. A complete bodge job, but it works ok most of the time as my garden is reasonably sheltered.. I started these sorts of dish mounts off about 4-5 years ago and they have been fine. FWIW personally I dont think Id try this with anything heavier than a 1m steel orbital dish. [/QUOTE]
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