On September 27, 2011 at 21:23, Hasbeen said...
Eric,
Another great trick to use when mounting a pole into the ground is to cut the end that is going into the ground on a 45 degree angle. Make it look like a spear.
Once you do that, and drive it into the ground, fill it with concrete that thing ain't going nowhere. Just make sure that puppy is plumb and level and sighting it in will not be a problem.
So I should drive this post into, say, the loose dirt I find in the San Fernando Valley, then fill THE POST with concrete? If you meant for a larger hole to surround the post, about how large should it be to "ain't going nowhere"?
It's been amusing to see dishes on front yard posts just north of large trees, or attached to chain link fences back in the days when we only had to aim at the 101 satellite. My favorite was the one I put on the side of a chimney in new construction where the GC told me which direction was north from the plans, and it was wrong. I had a satellite mount built onto the side of the chimney before water seal, and I had to build an extension to move the dish about 20" out from the chimney to peek around the corner in the correct direction.
