Tilted Pole ( newbie question alert ;)

[Cold Winter]

Another newbie question for you

Folks, I have an old 2.5" sched 80 steel pole in the back yard that is not exactly plumb. Its off maybe .5 degrees to the west.

If I mount a STAB 120 units to that pole is there any handy way to simply plumb the stab units frame??? Sure beats trying to right a steel pole mounted in 8 bags of cement if possible.

Any help, advise, even ribald remarks appreciated

 

[rkrenicki]

for a motorized setup, you really must have a plumb pole. if it was a fixed dish, you can get away with it by adjusting the as and el accordingly.

I think your best bet is to try to bend the pole into position...

 

[stardust1]

Get/ borrow a couple of propane/map gas tourches heat the sucker up till it's cherry red and it will bend like butter.

 

[penguinsix]

I recommend a chain and a truck. And take pictures because it has a certain "funniest home video" potential.

 

[Shawn95GT]

I had a similar problem with my pole for my c-band dish.

I ended up digging all around it until I could move the pole (royal pain), and then re-burying the cement base about 12" up so that it was steady and true. I then filled the rest of the hole with cement. I now have 12 bags of pre-mix in that hole - lol.

BTW, I tried the chain / truck method to get the old pole out when I initally replaced the pole. It bent the pole over like nothing and there was a bag and a half of cement holding the original pole in the ground.

 

[TiminMb]

You could shim the pole with thin flat sheet where the bracket clamps to it and measure plumb off the case of the motor / mounting bracket. Either that or make up a plate that goes on top of the pole and another plate that sits on top with a pipe welded to it. You could then shim the space between the two plates and have bolts at the four corners.

 

[Cold Winter]

Thank YOU! Folks. A few good ideas to try out. :

I'll try and avoid the funniest home video route if I can

 

[rkrenicki]

I used a tow chain to get a pole out of the ground when I retrieved my 10' mesh.. there was no way I was going to lift that thing into the truck, so I left it for the guy, but hey, at least I got it out of the ground!

I wouldnt really recommend the method to straighten a pole however...