Identify this fiberglass dish?

[tim2co]

I got this dish three years ago & I still haven't seen any other forum member with it. I'm wondering if someone can tell me the brand behind this dish.

It's about 8 foot in diameter. Deep dish design. Molded fiberglass with no ribbing in the back. It picks up Ku pretty well since I used a C/Ku band LNBF on it before.

It's extremely heavy & I had to use two hands to install it

 

[ACRadio]

What does the stamp say on the bottom rim? Any info there?

 

[tim2co]

What does the stamp say on the bottom rim? Any info there?

TBO-8-15894

It looks like a serial number/ date stamp... Thanks!

 

[comfrey]

what ever it is, it's a nice look'in dish.

I got this dish three years ago & I still haven't seen any other forum member with it. I'm wondering if someone can tell me the brand behind this dish.

It's about 8 foot in diameter. Deep dish design. Molded fiberglass with no ribbing in the back. It picks up Ku pretty well since I used a C/Ku band LNBF on it before.

It's extremely heavy & I had to use two hands to install it

 

[gabshere]

Beach Craft made several like this , one i know was a solid fiberglass . but i thought the support arms were bent closer to the dish and Beach Craft had a big oversized lnb cover that was flat on the end much like the BirdViews. Beach Crafts were very distinctive because of the Large emblem at the Center of the dish a BC intertwined. they were also popular at hotels.

 

[SA Holly Springs GA]

Can you attach a pic of that stamp?

 

[tim2co]

Can you attach a pic of that stamp?

Here's a picture of that serial number/ date stamp. Sorry for the poor focus. It's fairly evident that they used a mold insert to change the numbers for each dish or lot during manufacturing.

 

[tim2co]

Beach Craft made several like this , one i know was a solid fiberglass . but i thought the support arms were bent closer to the dish and Beach Craft had a big oversized lnb cover that was flat on the end much like the BirdViews. Beach Crafts were very distinctive because of the Large emblem at the Center of the dish a BC intertwined. they were also popular at hotels.

Thanks for the feedback Gabshere. This is one heavy-duty dish. Even though there's no reinforcement ribs on the back side, it still retained its shape well with no warpage.

I noticed that the big advantage of fiberglass dish is hail resistance. This dish probably went through countless Colorado hail storms & its surface is still smooth as a baby's bottom :up