Hi All,
Started work about 2 weeks ago transplanting my dish from its 20 foot high perch of 16 years, to a more manageable height of 7 feet.
I dug a hole 3.5 feet deep with a diameter of 2.5 feet. I widened the very bottom to 3.5 feet to make a stable cement base. I then added a layer of crushed stone followed with cement...two 80 pound bags and seven 60 pound bags. Before the cement hardened I added three, 12" j-bolts in a pattern to match my tripod base holes.
Just finished a restoration of the tripod...new rustproofing ( Rustoleum Rust Reformer) and a new coat of Rustoleum black gloss paint.
I'm now in the process of removing the galvanized satellite pole I'm going to use, from my old Radio Shack satellite dish mount. Tough going...2 rusted bolts removed and of course, one bolt that won't budge. Going to use PB Blaster on that one and hope for the best.
I'm running out of "good weather time" here on Cape Cod. The days are getting shorter and colder and I don't see myself aligning this dish in another month...too damn cold. I'll have to wait until spring if I don't get the dish pole mounted in the next few weeks.
Will keep you all updated as progress...or lack of occurs.
John
Started work about 2 weeks ago transplanting my dish from its 20 foot high perch of 16 years, to a more manageable height of 7 feet.
I dug a hole 3.5 feet deep with a diameter of 2.5 feet. I widened the very bottom to 3.5 feet to make a stable cement base. I then added a layer of crushed stone followed with cement...two 80 pound bags and seven 60 pound bags. Before the cement hardened I added three, 12" j-bolts in a pattern to match my tripod base holes.
Just finished a restoration of the tripod...new rustproofing ( Rustoleum Rust Reformer) and a new coat of Rustoleum black gloss paint.
I'm now in the process of removing the galvanized satellite pole I'm going to use, from my old Radio Shack satellite dish mount. Tough going...2 rusted bolts removed and of course, one bolt that won't budge. Going to use PB Blaster on that one and hope for the best.
I'm running out of "good weather time" here on Cape Cod. The days are getting shorter and colder and I don't see myself aligning this dish in another month...too damn cold. I'll have to wait until spring if I don't get the dish pole mounted in the next few weeks.
Will keep you all updated as progress...or lack of occurs.
John