Anyone interested in an 8ft offset dish?
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damn that a nice dish......but its 700 miles round trip for me and dont know how I'd fit that in the Ranger since its one piece 
(also what the hell would I do with it other than piss off my neighbors.......)
(also what the hell would I do with it other than piss off my neighbors.......)
looks like a nice one. 700 miles round trip would not be too bad, (just did 600 miles for a perfect Ten) but for me seems a whole lot further. Marshall County Minnesota. I could not get there before Feb. or Mar. at the earliest - if I needed to...
I can make arrangements to store it for a while. If coming in winter months, will have to make it an area that's accessible.
Will probably have to take it down tomorrow as building is coming down Monday or Tuesday. (leaving pole behind) Wish I would have known that it's been unused for the last 10yrs.
Will probably have to take it down tomorrow as building is coming down Monday or Tuesday. (leaving pole behind) Wish I would have known that it's been unused for the last 10yrs.
I am rather sure that I would not "need" to get it. BUT for those closer, I can (so probably you could) rent an open U-Haul trailer for $`19.95 / day. LOCAL use - pickup and return to same dealer location. If it took 2 days it still would only be $40. The one I get is (inside dimension) 7'4" by 14'1". Weight limit around 1000#. The 8 ft model will not close on a load of wallboard, but it is rated higher, but limited by the hitch anyway, but would be adequate for this dish. Renal company insurance may limit distance, but a rider on my policy was only $2.00 a day - and since I cross the state line almost anywhere I go, I just bought it. I now buy a annual rider for $14, good for 22 foot and $5000.
The neighbors are always pissing me off cause, well,they're neighbors
.So they get what they deserve.
The mount & xmit/rcv module look just like those on popular 6' Prodelin offset Ku dishes.
My only worry is the weight of that solid reflector....?
Not likely a one-man job.
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My only worry is the weight of that solid reflector....?
Not likely a one-man job.
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The neighbors are always pissing me off cause, well,they're neighbors
most of my neighbors are fine. But when they irritate me because of my dish farm I dont like that.
The one neighbor (on the HOA board...I am too) asked me was I taking my antennas when I move (which wont be for a while) and I said yes I will take the dishes and the antennas. I said I would plug the holes with blackjack and she says to me "oh there's holes up there"?
How else would you bolt a tripod to the roof? Super glue?
NO! NO! I must not even think about it. That is too far, 3200 miles would mean about 320 gallons of gas, figuring $4 /gallon = $1280 and 6 days of driving. Someone closer had better get it... I would not rent a trailer for a trip from here and back, the Lowes / HomeDepot / trailer for about $400 would probably make the trip. At 50 MPH or so with those small tires --- NO! NO! POP, do not even think about it. You could tie the dish down to the frame work of the trailer... 8 feet wide would not be an oversize load. It sounds like it is going to be down so it would not take too much to get it on the trailer and be going again... NO, that is too far and too far North for a winter trip! Somebody rescue me and get that thing!
Looked in the mirror lately? -What kind of a wacked-out dish-crazed maniac would even WANT an 8' offset dish?
Looked in the mirror lately? -
I try occasionally but they keep shattering, I've got a face for (FTA satellite) radio.
There are several within 350 miles of me.... but no one with in 1/4 mile! And where do you live?
Yeah for the most part my neighbors are fine and besides I've lived here way longer than any of the abutters and almost everyone else on the street.So I pretty much do what I want to do anyway.
Blackjack ? around here we call that bear sh**
For those interested in weak signals. It's in storage.
Also included is a picture of the trailer we used BITD to deliver completely assembled 10 ft dishes. (Or a weekend rental for Super Bowl, etc.) The dish on the trailer is not one we dealt with, but it was relocated onto one of our slab/pole assemblies many years ago.
Also included is a picture of the trailer we used BITD to deliver completely assembled 10 ft dishes. (Or a weekend rental for Super Bowl, etc.) The dish on the trailer is not one we dealt with, but it was relocated onto one of our slab/pole assemblies many years ago.
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Backhoe and chain had it off the pole and onto the trailer in under a minute.
Removing the arms and loosening the mount the day previous took about 1/2 hour.
Haven't seen it since late last fall(storage area) but it all looked good.
I just don't have the room for it otherwise I'd certainly be using it.
Slew bearing on the pole, actuator replacing the elevation bolt, corotor (dreaming) ASC1 and a V/Gbox Yeah,.
Removing the arms and loosening the mount the day previous took about 1/2 hour.
Haven't seen it since late last fall(storage area) but it all looked good.
I just don't have the room for it otherwise I'd certainly be using it.
Slew bearing on the pole, actuator replacing the elevation bolt, corotor (dreaming) ASC1 and a V/Gbox Yeah,.
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