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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Pole Query
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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 1129826" data-attributes="member: 369937"><p>What is your soil like where your going to put the dish??? Sandy loam, clay, soft dirt, rocky, very hard?</p><p></p><p>This would determine the depth and size of the hole needed and if you need a soil cap around it.</p><p></p><p>A soil cap keeps the dish and post from moving in a strong wind with rain drenched soil at the base, a soft soil with lots of rain could need a soil cap (part of the concrete needed for the post) that could be 2 to 4 feet square, but again this would be determined by the type of soil at that location.</p><p></p><p>And it's best to put the pole in the hole first, this way you can brace it up to be truly vertical left to right/front to back, some 1x2's, ground stakes and C clamps can be used to do this, the more vertical the pole, the less tracking problems you will have, also your local electrical codes may require a ground rod, this could be put into the base and stick up a few inches to connect a ground wire to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 1129826, member: 369937"] What is your soil like where your going to put the dish??? Sandy loam, clay, soft dirt, rocky, very hard? This would determine the depth and size of the hole needed and if you need a soil cap around it. A soil cap keeps the dish and post from moving in a strong wind with rain drenched soil at the base, a soft soil with lots of rain could need a soil cap (part of the concrete needed for the post) that could be 2 to 4 feet square, but again this would be determined by the type of soil at that location. And it's best to put the pole in the hole first, this way you can brace it up to be truly vertical left to right/front to back, some 1x2's, ground stakes and C clamps can be used to do this, the more vertical the pole, the less tracking problems you will have, also your local electrical codes may require a ground rod, this could be put into the base and stick up a few inches to connect a ground wire to it. [/QUOTE]
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