To cold for a pole mount
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Looks like I will have to wait a good two months for HD. We have had a milder winter here in Michigan until yesterday. Looks like its going to be cold enough for a while around here so I can't install my pole mount
You can do it if your not in a hurry, Concrete will take a bit longer to dry !
It should be mid 30's next Saturday.
You can do it if your not in a hurry, Concrete will take a bit longer to dry !
It should be mid 30's next Saturday.
Yea I could, But the first couple of feet after this week won't be fun with a post hole digger
You can still pour quickcrete during the winter time even with the temps below freezing. Remember you have to be three feet down though I always went to four feet, if the ground is indeed frozen it will only be the top couple of inches. Mix in warm water and pour the crete in around the pole and backfill in right away and you'll be fine, if you want you can wrap an old blanket around the pole covering the hole keeping in some of the warmth from the warm water but that shouldnt be necesary. The crete should set within an hour so dont touch the pole and it should cure fully in a day or so.
Little trick you can do, take a large black plastic trash bag and lay it flat on the ground where you want to dig, make sure the snow is off the ground and put something heavy on the edges to hold it in place. As long as you have sun to light cloud cover it should warm up the ground enough to make it easy to get a post hole digger in the ground but I can tell you that the ground is most likley only frozen within the first six inches if the winter has been mild. Another thing to is snow will actually insulate unfrozen ground and keep it at about 32 for a good while.Yea I could, But the first couple of feet after this week won't be fun with a post hole digger
You could hook up a hose to your utility sink and start pouring hot water on the ground to help soften things up.
Might make a mess, but you can deffinitly put the pole in the same day!
Might make a mess, but you can deffinitly put the pole in the same day!
I would be willing to bet that the ground is NOT frozen 3 ft deep in michigan, it has NOT been that cold for an extended period of time.
Of course, I'm not talking NORTHERN mi.
Jimbo
This wont help you much but if I need to set a pole in the winter I have a piece of equipment that goes on my tractor called a post digger, it hooks to the pto shaft and has a swirl pole on it and it will big in the ground when you lower the arms on the tractor.
Take a wheelbarrow and turn it upside down over a pile of lit charcoals over the area you want to dig and leave it for an hour or so. That seems to work for thawing the ground a bit better than nothing around here anyhow.
Get something heavy like a large log or a dead motor block.....or a non pen roof mount.
Bolt the mast to that and wait till spring.
Joe
Bolt the mast to that and wait till spring.
Joe
Please please please dont do this for the love of god or what ever you believe in, as soon as the ground gets a little wet then and theres a bit of wind the pole will start moving and is the biggest pole mount related trouble call issue that I faced when I installed and they always end up spinning or wobbling.
I think you will be fine getting it done. Also....depending on how high your pole is and if it is close enough to the house.....suggest a cross brace from the house to the pole. It really helps when those winds come in over the lake
I think you will be fine getting it done. Also....depending on how high your pole is and if it is close enough to the house.....suggest a cross brace from the house to the pole. It really helps when those winds come in over the lake
OK first off You need to change your avatar
to the BIG M:upOK now that we got that out of the way I need some info on your pole. Mine will be next to the house buy not that high, maybe 5' at the most. Also what is your OD on your pole? It looks like you have another piece of pipe slipped over it? Was that to make it a 2"OD pipe?
OK first off You need to change your avatar
OK now that we got that out of the way I need some info on your pole. Mine will be next to the house buy not that high, maybe 5' at the most. Also what is your OD on your pole? It looks like you have another piece of pipe slipped over it? Was that to make it a 2"OD pipe?
The od for the Slimline pole is 2".
Thanks but I already know it's 2"OD but I wondered if Rob7 pole wasn't 2'OD and if slipped another pipe over it.
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