Help With Install

[Gray1]

Inspired by "Adventures in Dishhunting and what we find" I have recently aquired
a Perfect 10 7 1/2 foot dish. The dish was in bad need of a few mesh panels, which I have replaced. My mesh was black and the dish is silver so im wanting to paint it so everything matches. Can i use regular flat black enamel? or is there something better?

Also I have to dig a whole for the pipe to set in. I want to make the concrete base large enough for a 10' dish. I have read the hole size needs to be 4 times the pipe size. so that would make the hole 14" across and I want to go 36" deep.
Does that sound right?

Thanks
Allen

 

[gabshere]

depending on location for how much concrete to use
since i'm in the south and not alot of super hard freeze.
i'm in a low wind area and if the mount is low

so i plant mine 2' deep, twice as wide as the pole and design a plus trench 6" wide 6" deep and 1 1/2 ' long , gives it some stability. but use enough that you feel comfortable with the mount.

yeah any spray should be good. brush any rusty spots and welds and touch-up

 

[Gray1]

Im in Missouri and i think the freeze dept is 28". I have a lot of wind. I know im good ont the 36" just not sure how big around to make it.

Allen