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Re: heavy duty wall mount
the pole is a 3 meter , 76mm galved at 4mm thickness... the dish was to be a gibby 1.2m/polar mount but ive just got a second hand andrew 1.2m with polar mount instead. the top bracket will be at 60% so 60/40 hopefully although it could be 50/50. i sent an e-mail to SSS a while back and they stated that the brackets would carry a 3 meter 76mm pole at 50/50 without problems. the andrew is much more stable and lighter than the gibby and doesnt reach as far out as you say. i do feel that 10 bolts in the brackets are a bit much and they seem very close together on the bracket but SSS stand by these brackets and im just after piece of mind and something that will stay up for years and years,regards mdt
EDIT. i was wondering how do you get forward/backward movement on the pole? the T+K has elongated holes to ajust the V bolts but it seems the SSS bracket has fixed V bolts which are on the end and not the side so if your wall is out of plumb(which alot are) is it a case of packing behind the bracket like on a L mount or is there an ajustment available?.
those
are stronger for what you are doing than those
if they were available in 12" 18" or 24" with 3" U bolts and not just standard 2" U bolts x 36" which are available in that design.
The SS A frame designs are bigger and heavier than the other designs, being made of flat plate, they are quite floppy until you bolt them on a wall if the bricks & mortar are solid enough and if you have enough room to fit them, then it's surprising how solid they go but I don't rate the single option with a 1.2 on, there's other much narrower A frame designs that have been about for years for this job, they've all got their good and bad points, another aspect is the pole, what it's made out of and how long it will be, especially from the top bracket plus the polarmount design, the Gibertini polarmounts are well made and nice to set up and work on, but they do stick out a lot more, much more than Channel Master polarmounts which are much more balanced and stable- very well designed for the action of the actuator at extremes of east & west and wind issues, although they only fit on the top of poles whereas the Gibis fit anywhere down a pole.
the pole is a 3 meter , 76mm galved at 4mm thickness... the dish was to be a gibby 1.2m/polar mount but ive just got a second hand andrew 1.2m with polar mount instead. the top bracket will be at 60% so 60/40 hopefully although it could be 50/50. i sent an e-mail to SSS a while back and they stated that the brackets would carry a 3 meter 76mm pole at 50/50 without problems. the andrew is much more stable and lighter than the gibby and doesnt reach as far out as you say. i do feel that 10 bolts in the brackets are a bit much and they seem very close together on the bracket but SSS stand by these brackets and im just after piece of mind and something that will stay up for years and years,regards mdt
EDIT. i was wondering how do you get forward/backward movement on the pole? the T+K has elongated holes to ajust the V bolts but it seems the SSS bracket has fixed V bolts which are on the end and not the side so if your wall is out of plumb(which alot are) is it a case of packing behind the bracket like on a L mount or is there an ajustment available?.
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