Ok, I also own that Sadoun 6 foot dish. It's made for a 3" pipe. I would NOT consider using a 3" pipe all the way from the ground up to my roofline!
You need to use a minimum of a 6" pipe (schedule 80), or even larger size pipe (if schedule 40), and step-down the top piece where the dish is mounted to 3" by having a stub welded into the top of your pipe. Even for a 6' dish such as this. A 3" pipe that's 20-25 feet tall, will never hold up to your wind load, and you'll never brace it strongly enough to keep your eves from tearing off in a 75 mph wind. You also need to plant that pole, probably 5 feet minimum into the ground for proper loading. I'd also use at least 1,000 lbs of concrete in that base. My hole I dug for mine is only 4 feet deep, and I have 800lbs of concrete, and another 80lbs down the pole (which is only 7' out of the ground).
Trust me on this, as I've been an installer over a 35 year period, starting with ota towers and roof tripods, and moving up to c-band dishes and such. I'd much rather use too much concrete and braces, then not enough. The whole thing is only as strong as it's weakest point. I have seen 50ft towers bend over like they were made of plastic straw, just from a 20mph wind. All because one brace tore loose at the eves, and there was no cement in the base at all, (just pipes driven into the ground) and no guy wires.
You need to use a minimum of a 6" pipe (schedule 80), or even larger size pipe (if schedule 40), and step-down the top piece where the dish is mounted to 3" by having a stub welded into the top of your pipe. Even for a 6' dish such as this. A 3" pipe that's 20-25 feet tall, will never hold up to your wind load, and you'll never brace it strongly enough to keep your eves from tearing off in a 75 mph wind. You also need to plant that pole, probably 5 feet minimum into the ground for proper loading. I'd also use at least 1,000 lbs of concrete in that base. My hole I dug for mine is only 4 feet deep, and I have 800lbs of concrete, and another 80lbs down the pole (which is only 7' out of the ground).
Trust me on this, as I've been an installer over a 35 year period, starting with ota towers and roof tripods, and moving up to c-band dishes and such. I'd much rather use too much concrete and braces, then not enough. The whole thing is only as strong as it's weakest point. I have seen 50ft towers bend over like they were made of plastic straw, just from a 20mph wind. All because one brace tore loose at the eves, and there was no cement in the base at all, (just pipes driven into the ground) and no guy wires.
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