on pole size i good for info,but what type

[gardenman2002]

I am installing my 10ft dish and would like to know if anyone has used
galvanized 3 inch steel conduit pipe with concrete inside. would that give close to the strength i need for this dish? I cannot find black solid steel pipe here unless i pay an arm and aleg for it.

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[gardenman2002]

hey everyone gardenman2002 here.
I am installing my 10 ft winegard mesh dish this holiday and talked with sergei on this website , and obtained some good info. I have two questions.
the black pipe needed is hard to find and expensive here. can i use galvanized 2 1/2 to 3 " steel conduit pipe with concrete inside?will it flex too much?

I plan to keep the dish closer to ground so i wont have alot sticking out of the ground.

[rv1pop]

lightly qualified YES. Depends on if you have strong winds. My pole did not bend, but the wind pulled the pole out of the ground before the bolts broke on the mounting angles.

[gardenman2002]

Thanks rv1pop,

I will try it out. i live in norhtern indiana and it gets breezy here, and with my 6 ft dish from wsi, i used a fence post that already had concrete around it. i used a car jack ,chains and a board to pull post out to reuse it. and i used 2 bags of quikcrete in the ground. I was kind of leery of setting up my newly aquired 10 winegard dish since i am having trouble finding black steel pipe. You sound like you had a tornado or about 70 to 80 mile an hour winds

[toucan-man]

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The scrapyard here has the best prices. I've picked up some beefy poles there.

[Anole]

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There's always a place to get a pipe.

The scrapyard here has the best prices. I've picked up some beefy poles there.

I grabbed one BUD which was 9 or 10 feet out of the ground.
By cutting the pole off at ground level, I had plenty to re-plant at home. -
Take down a junker dish just for the pole, if you find one.

Conduit? I wouldn't.
But if you do, I'd drop a piece of rebar down it along with the cement.
That's because I have no confidence in the walls of the conduit for strength.

More importantly, get the right size to fit your mount.
Saying 3" or whatever is not the whole story.
Find out what range of pole the mount will take, then go shopping for a pole with your ruler in your pocket.
Pipe is measured by inside diameter, and the grade determines the wall thickness.
So, two 3" pipes may not have the same outside diameter.

I'm clueless on conduit, though.