Breaking wind

[danristheman]

To go along with my wobbly pole what ideas do you have to support dishes in high wind areas?

 

[Cham]

If you get bad north winds you can park your dished on the south side of them... Helps a bit with south winds too.
Otherwise...
-heavier commercial dishes
-heavier mounting poles and structure (usually accompanies commercial gear)

 

[FaT Air]

If the pole doesn't bend, but the whole pole is being blown over, the only solution is a bigger footprint on the ground. Either in weight, horizontal dimension, or both.

 

[bobvick]

If your breaking too much wind, Gas-X helps

 

[fred555]

I was thinking this was going to be a companion to the green poop thread.

 

[Cham]

Post #2 missed the first sentence for some reason...
>Trees can help break the wind if they are in the right place.<

 

[fred555]

Post #2 missed the first sentence for some reason...
>Trees can help break the wind if they are in the right place.<

Amen on that, I cant use motors, cant see the entire arc, but being smack dab in the middle of the forest...not much ground level winds to worry about.

In the absence of trees, what about privacy fence panels strategically planted?

 

[Titanium]

Or dig down. Have installed a few dishes below grade.

 

[fred555]

Or dig down. Have installed a few dishes below grade.

Wow, never thought about doing that, neat.

 

[Magic Static]

We are having another high wind event tonight and tomorrow 50 ~ 70 mph winds. All my dishes are above the roof line. I tried to make everything stronger than needed when installing the 10' perfs. 4 1/2" concrete filled pole set in 10,000 lbs. of reinforced concrete. Recent wind events have taken out a maple tree, two pine trees, and a real big fir that was getting into my line of site. All these trees were within 100' of my dishes. The dishes have come through untouched But this event tonight will put them to the test again.

 

[Cham]

That's a lot of wind... Not so bad if only a few minutes like thunderstorms etc but sustained winds over a day or two and things start to fail. An event like that took out my stab120 motor a few years ago. I had installed it on the roof where it was exposed more than it would be on the ground, in an attempt to get a better view of the arc. Broke off one of the mounting ears that holds it on the bracket. Managed to get it fixed though... but no more 1.2m roof mounted antennae!
Have a bad storm coming up here too starting tomorrow sometime with winds in the 40-50mph range, we should survive that I hope. The snow and cold weather that might come with it I am not looking forward to.
Good luck Magic!

 

[FaT Air]

Or dig down. Have installed a few dishes below grade.

Not recommended for us in the northern plains or any region with that 4 letter word that begins with S.

 

[bpalone]

Or dig down. Have installed a few dishes below grade.

Now, there could be a way to get around the HOA or City Ordinances. Permit to build a below grade Hot House for your plants. Could also be used to house a BUD. Now, just how many dead presidents do you want to lay on the table for this project?

 

[armadillo_115]

If the dish isn't very high,you could park a large pickup truck on the windward side as a temporary windscreen when high winds are expected.
Or go the redneck route and drop an old shipping container down beside it.Neighbors love those next door.