Where Can One Purchase a 2 in. OD pole for Slimline Dish Longer Than 6 Feet

[geaux tigers]

I need to purchase a 2 OD pole for the Slimline Dish that is longer than 6 ft. I plan on stabilizing the dish at the longer heights using a couple of monopoles. I need the extra height for a lake house that frequently floods. The lake house is built high enough off the ground that flooding is not a problem for the lake house. I can not mount the dish to the lake house due to trees. I currently have a 3 lnb dish that is mounted to the side of a covered boat dock. The covered boat dock is a metal pre-fabricated unit that is commonly sold to park a car under. My intention is to cement the pole and then use the side of the covered boat dock to secure the pole. Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated. I also need mounts that would be suitable to attach the 2 inch OD pole to the side of a hollow steel square beam. Thanks.

[TomDavis]

Any full service fence company. Get the heavier gauge and they should be willing to cut it to length.

Good Luck!

[davring]

2" O.D. exhaust tubing (NAPA is heavy guage, rust proofed) which they should cut to your spec. Clamps and hangers can be used as brackets. Inexspensive too.

[Racer88]

1 1/2'' x 10' rigid conduit.

1'' x 1'' or similar angle and U-bolts for brackets.

Lowes, Home Depot, etc. etc.

Not cheap tho.

[GeorgeLV]

1 5/8" schedule 40 galvanized steel pipe has a ~1.9" OD, but it will work. Any decent hardware store should have 20ft lengths in stock.

[jfaldridge]

I looked at my local fence company but NO 2" - so I took a look at my local Home Depot and they had 2" OD (exactly) 10' electrical conduit for 15.75 ea. I need to mount my antenna approx 10' above ground, so I have to purchase a coupler and connect it to my the remaining 3' buried/concreted portion of pipe in the ground.

btw D, comes to visit saturday :)

Correction -- for those reviewing this thread - the information above is incorrect.

I just to clarify that the pipe (above) was NOT 2" and thus too big ... Credit goes to "doctor j" for pointing this out - before I concreted the pipe in the ground!

Thanks!

[davring]

I am not certain, but IIRC, electrical conduit is very thin wall, I would be concerned of its strenght.

[jfaldridge]

I am not certain, but IIRC, electrical conduit is very thin wall, I would be concerned of its strenght.

I would have thought so too, but from the weight of them (carrying them to the truck) they are pretty heavy, so I don't think its your avg. thin-walled conduit. I checked home depots website for the SKU, but its not listed.

My receipt says: 580031 2 EMT CON $15.75 (I purchased 2, and one stainless steel coupler (SKU 605964 @ $3.60)

[doctor j]

I believe 2" EMT is 2 3/8 " OD pipe. This is too big for AT-9/AU-9 dish mounting platform.

Doctor j

[davring]

Again refering to post #3, I have used this material on a couple of occasions with good results, the size is perfect and it is easy to get.

[Racer88]

I am not certain, but IIRC, electrical conduit is very thin wall, I would be concerned of its strenght.

I didn't suggest EMT or IMC I said RIGID CONDUIT. A helluva lot thicker than any fench post or exhaust pipe tubing.

[Racer88]

I would have thought so too, but from the weight of them (carrying them to the truck) they are pretty heavy, so I don't think its your avg. thin-walled conduit. I checked home depots website for the SKU, but its not listed.

My receipt says: 580031 2 EMT CON $15.75 (I purchased 2, and one stainless steel coupler (SKU 605964 @ $3.60)


You do not want EMT. You want 1 1/2" RIGID CONDUIT

It's about 35 dollars a stick.

EMT is NOT going be substantial enough at all.

[jfaldridge]

You do not want EMT. You want 1 1/2" RIGID CONDUIT

It's about 35 dollars a stick.

EMT is NOT going be substantial enough at all.

I'm kicking myself, cause I 'knew' I needed 2" exactly and what did I go do - get the wrong pipe. THANK YOU!! Your right I just checked it and its 2 3/8".

Now what do I do? I thought I have this problem solved...Ideas anyone? I was thinking about thick walled alumunum pipe, but its expensive.

thanks again, looks like I have this week to find a solution as D* is coming saturday.....

jim
pensacola, fl

[Racer88]

Take it back and exchange it.

If it's 2 3/8" OD then it's rigid pipe not EMT. Sounds like they made a pricing error.

2" rigid is going for almost 40 bucks a stick around here last time I looked a few weeks ago.

[finaldiet]

Home Depot has galvanized pipe. I was going to install myself, but I called DTV and they did it for me for $52.80. They dug hole, put conctete and pole in, moved antenna off roof and attached to pole and ran underground( new cable) cable to house. The guy did a terrific job!:D . BTW, the cable run was about 20 feet.

[BNUMM]

I'm kicking myself, cause I 'knew' I needed 2" exactly and what did I go do - get the wrong pipe. THANK YOU!! Your right I just checked it and its 2 3/8".

Now what do I do? I thought I have this problem solved...Ideas anyone? I was thinking about thick walled alumunum pipe, but its expensive.

thanks again, looks like I have this week to find a solution as D* is coming saturday.....

jim
pensacola, fl

If you can find a WildBlue satellite installer you could get an adapter that reduces 2 3/8 " to 2 " . The WildBlue sat. dish uses a 2" pole.

[doctor j]

I've used this :

http://www.hooverfence.com/catalog/cpage22.htm

Doctor j

[Racer88]

Those fence posts look like they'd be pretty good with a .120 wall thickness.
1 1/2" rigid conduit has a .138 wall thickness, so pretty close. My whole reason for suggesting conduit is that I know it's readily available at Lowes and Home Depot. Or in my case at work. ;)

Also it can be easily screwed together to reach heights some other things may not.

[Kansas Zephyr]

http://www.glenmartin.com/catalog/page19.html

[Racer88]

http://www.glenmartin.com/catalog/page19.html

:eek2: $$$$$$$

Good stuff though.

[Kansas Zephyr]

:eek2: $$$$$$$

Good stuff though.

Real tomato ketchup Eddie?

...nothin' but the best Clark.

[geaux tigers]

Thanks for the help.

[Kansas Zephyr]

If you can find a WildBlue satellite installer you could get an adapter that reduces 2 3/8 " to 2 " . The WildBlue sat. dish uses a 2" pole.

Good call!

I checked the local WildBlue dealer and they have both 1.66" to 2" and 2.375" to 2" adapters.

Very nice,

Thanks

[Kansas Zephyr]

I stopped by a local independent WildBlue/Dish/D* installer for an adapter.

While I was there he offered to custom cut a 2" OD pipe (looked like .140 wall) and drill through the bottom and weld a small length of re-bar (to keep it from rotating) for $2 a foot!

So it may be worth a call to your local sat installer to see if your can get 2" OD pipe without worrying about adapters for a new slimline install.

[hidefman]

Real tomato ketchup Eddie?

...nothin' but the best Clark.

I love that movie!:lol:

[hidefman]

purchased 7ft 6" two inch O.D. pipe at local muffler shop. Steel with aluminum coating to help against rust. Paid $10 for the stick, fits like a glove, just the right thickness, comparable to the jmount that comes with the dish. You can even spray paint whatever color for style and anti-rust protection. I will use it with my tripod for ballgames... I also had the muffler shop use the pipe spreader on my tripod to be able to take the 2" pipe. Now, no problems, good to go.

[finaldiet]

Call DTV. They had mine removed from roof and re-installed in back yard for $52.80. Well worth it. They concreted the pole in ground, ran new cable underground to house, re-installed antenna and adjusted it. Forgot, they also furnished the pole. Good deal to me as I was going to do it myself for more.:D