Finally got to the place where the guy had a disassembled 12 foot Mesh Dish for sale for $200.00. He said the Receiver is a Uniden 900, and he hasn't used the system for 5 years! He said the motor might need greasing??
The guy wasn't home but left me his ladder as the Dish was up on the Flat portion of his roof. So I carefully went up the ladder with my brand new knee brace on my leg and took some pictures. See pics 1 and 2. There was about a 2 foot step needed to get closer to the Dish but I didn't want to push things too far since I was already taking a chance just being up the 12 foot ladder. Looks like the Dish does NOT come apart, and it would be quite a chore to move it off the flat roof. Not so sure if it is worth all the work (ie would need 2 - 3 good friends and a truck) that would be required to bring it halfway across the city to my place??
Von Weiss Actuator on Pole - Is this worth going after?
At another location close to home there was a 12 foot dish on a steel pole that I had inquired about. Well someone beat me to the Dish and left just the Motor and Pole. They literally ripped the dish off the pole leaving the Von Weiss Actuator. The pole is solidly in the ground in concrete see pic. The pole and Actuator - if thats what is the proper terminalogy, are in the next 2 pictures. I wonder if the $200.00 Dish could be mounted to this pole and Actuator? Trouble is I think I would need a stick of Dynamite to get that Pole out of the Concrete.
Any comments, suggestions, would be very much appreciated.
The guy wasn't home but left me his ladder as the Dish was up on the Flat portion of his roof. So I carefully went up the ladder with my brand new knee brace on my leg and took some pictures. See pics 1 and 2. There was about a 2 foot step needed to get closer to the Dish but I didn't want to push things too far since I was already taking a chance just being up the 12 foot ladder. Looks like the Dish does NOT come apart, and it would be quite a chore to move it off the flat roof. Not so sure if it is worth all the work (ie would need 2 - 3 good friends and a truck) that would be required to bring it halfway across the city to my place??
Von Weiss Actuator on Pole - Is this worth going after?
At another location close to home there was a 12 foot dish on a steel pole that I had inquired about. Well someone beat me to the Dish and left just the Motor and Pole. They literally ripped the dish off the pole leaving the Von Weiss Actuator. The pole is solidly in the ground in concrete see pic. The pole and Actuator - if thats what is the proper terminalogy, are in the next 2 pictures. I wonder if the $200.00 Dish could be mounted to this pole and Actuator? Trouble is I think I would need a stick of Dynamite to get that Pole out of the Concrete.
Any comments, suggestions, would be very much appreciated.