BUD stand

[Thun]

Hi,

I currently have my 10' mounted on the ground using a roof mount--those ones that look like an "X" with a pipe in the center. It's bolted to some 4x4's making the base about 9' and held down with eight 5' poles driven into the ground and about 14 cinder blocks. I'd like to know if this will hold. If not, what do I need to add? Pouring concrete is not an option.

The dish is located in the middle of a forest surrounded with 100' foot trees except on one side with my marrow view of the southwest.

[satchick]

Only problem with using wood for any kind of dish mount is that it warps. I hope you at least used treated wood near the ground like that. As long as those poles are driven below the frost line you should be ok, otherwise it won't make it through the first winter. Frost heave will move that thing pretty quick.

[Gold]

I agree with Satchick. I have used more then my fair share of treated wood & have rarely seen it not warp. Even the slightest bit could cause you to loose S2, & Ku. My BUD's have to be precisely aimed, especially for Ku.

Do you mind if I ask why you cant use cement?

[Thun]

-The water table is about 1 foot below the surface. When I first got the dish it was installed in a soggy spot and we could move it around quite a distance.
-Installer came to the site and didn't like the soil
-Not meant to be a permanent installation--I can only get 82W to about 119W and if anything shows up beyond that range it would be easier to move the dish and not enough room for another one
-I'd have to chop a lot of roots to get a hole deep enough

I've had 4X4's lying in the woods for years with no signs of warping. The dish stand itself is metal.

[Gold]

-The water table is about 1 foot below the surface. When I first got the dish it was installed in a soggy spot and we could move it around quite a distance.
-Installer came to the site and didn't like the soil
-Not meant to be a permanent installation--I can only get 82W to about 119W and if anything shows up beyond that range it would be easier to move the dish and not enough room for another one
-I'd have to chop a lot of roots to get a hole deep enough

I've had 4X4's lying in the woods for years with no signs of warping. The dish stand itself is metal.

I'd say your wood is done dry by now...:D
I don't think you'll have too much trouble with the warpage now that we know it's that old.

[Bigredneck]

A large steel plate or a group of smaller ones might give it the needed weight.