I found this dish today.i asked owner how much he wants for it.he said $200.im going to get both satmex satellites.i didn't measure the dish but I think it's a 10 footer.what do you guys think?
This satellite worth it?
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That's over $100 more than I'd pay for that dish. It also doesn't look like a 10 footer to me, but maybe. Even so, $200 is way too much.
If the actuator works and the acme nut isn't worn out then it would be definitely cheaper than buying a tek2000. But I'm spoiled with access to more dishes than I could possibly use so for $200 it would have to be pristine.
Both dishes look good, the last one the better.
BUT, both of those mounts look like they were home made! Or to put it another way, they were Southern engineered!
Here's how I did it! I've moved a four with this setup and in fact, the last one I moved on that setup was a 10.5ft Raydx dish and it's STILL sitting on that trailer right now, and used daily. It works so well sitting there I hate to touch it.
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I've never see a dish like it, but for free, you can't go wrong on that one. It sure has a lot of ribs. Go for it. It looks bigger than a 10 footer, but the picture could be deceiving. Nice find.
Is it possible to move it without disassembling it? If so, that would be how I'd move it. I never like taking one apart if I don't have to. Sometimes that's not possible, depending on where you live. You have to be extra careful when moving one still assembled so you don't clip someone's car. We have very narrow secondary roads around here, and so far, I've moved 2 12 footers and several 10 footers, and never whacked another vehicle. My luck may run out one of these days.
ok so we split the dish in half and took it on the trailer.the only bad thing is the bolt broke off from two lnb arm holder or whatever its called lol.i was thinking of telling my brother to weld new bolts to the damaged ones.
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That shouldn't be too difficult to repair. If you have someone to weld another bolt to the feed arm, it should work just fine. That's why I try to move a dish all in one piece. You may not have been able to do that, but even with the broken bolt, you were lucky. Nice find.
That might not be so easy to repair properly. The threaded rod welded to the LNB feed arms ends looks like aluminum and the nuts were uncoated or zinc plated steel. (that's probably why they broke cause they were rusted solid to due dissimilar metal corrosion). Is it possible to weld steel to aluminum? If not then he'll have to get more aluminum threaded rod (maybe expensive or very hard to obtain ).
My recommendation would be to use stainless steel hardware to prevent further corrosion. He might get away with using what's left of the threaded rod without welding more to it but moving the nuts farther up might screw up his F/D setting.
Or just make 3 new support arms out of conduit. Measured to length, off course.
IMHO, I would be concerned that there isn't play in the mount. That is a lot to ask of one attachment point:
Edit: If pic doesn't post, I'm referring to how the mount pivot bar only attaches at the bottom. My pc or connection is acting up this morning.
IMHO, I would be concerned that there isn't play in the mount. That is a lot to ask of one attachment point:
Edit: If pic doesn't post, I'm referring to how the mount pivot bar only attaches at the bottom. My pc or connection is acting up this morning.
You could also cut the threaded part off flush. Then use a drill and a tap & die set to install a new threaded rod.
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