[UK-CONTEST] Spiderbeam fibreglass 12m pole

[Clive Whelan]

Hi list

Somewhat off topic, I beg your indulgence.

Some while ago I bought three of these to replace my ageing Butternuts 
in a W1CF array. However, owing to the overgrown state of that part of 
my garden ( I use that word in its loosest sense!) I have been unable to 
carry out the necessary work. Recently I bit the bullet, and employed a 
couple of lumberjacks to clear the necessary scrub. Despite sleeping all 
night, working all day, and having buttered scones for tea, they 
actually did a tidy job, and I now have quite a clean canvas on which to 
proceed.

I had also procured some tanellised cylindrical section fence posts and  
reduced the diameter to fit the base section. So far so good. I note 
however that the supplier specifies that only 0.5m is necessary to be 
inserted into the pole from ground level to be self supporting to the 
full 12m height. I must say that this seems rather small, and I 
personally would have thought that 1m would be required. The latter 
would clearly make it more difficult to lift the pole onto the post 
single handed, especially in a breeze! So I wonder if anyone has 
practical experience and can comment on the required height of the 
ground post?


tia


73


Clive
GW3NJW