01-28-2018, 12:12 PM
Not tricky so much as a royal PITA. 21' of 2" sch 40 steel pipe weighs 75 lb. 21' of 4" pipe weighs 225 lbs. I was never gonna walk a piece of that up. I did build the A-frame and once I got that cranked mostly upright with a come-along I was able to lean a ladder up against that and make a self supporting tripod. I then attached the come-along near the apex and cinched the loose end around the pipe a few feet from the middle so it would mostly lift the pipe but the pipe would hang sort of vertical, or could be induced to go vertically into the hole. Much fiddly but also painful manual labor later, the pole is in the hole, vertical, with concrete curing around the base.
I was going to do both today but I forgot to tie ropes to the top so ended up needing the tripod to stay in place til the concrete cures enough.
Home Depot had one bucket of anchoring cement. I used about half in the bottom of the hole. I was hoping it would go further but only filled 6" or 8" of the hole. I finished up with regular concrete mix around the top. That thing ain't goin' nowhere.
I was going to do both today but I forgot to tie ropes to the top so ended up needing the tripod to stay in place til the concrete cures enough.
Home Depot had one bucket of anchoring cement. I used about half in the bottom of the hole. I was hoping it would go further but only filled 6" or 8" of the hole. I finished up with regular concrete mix around the top. That thing ain't goin' nowhere.