Posted: 3/30/2009 7:53:41 PM EDT
| The ones for sale are crazy expensive. Any tips/plans on building my own? |
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hole in ground, add concrete and two pieces of channel stock, plumbed up about 2.5" apart with 3/8" holes aligned. take an 8' section of 2" pipe with a reducer on one end, and holes drilled to line up with holes in channel stock. In reducer an 8' section of 1.5" pipe. on the other end drill through and attach a pulley and appropriate topper.
Why the holes lined up. well you pull the halyard out or break it, how are you going to get to the top of a 16' pole to put the new one in. With the pole bolted, take the bottom bolt out, lean her over replace the halyard and tilt back up. also makes it easy to paint. If you have zoning issues with a permanent structure in your front yard, I used the above concept to make a "temporary" flagpole in my front yard. instead of sinking the pipe base in the ground I fastened the bottom of the bottom piece of pipe to a block of concrete with brackets in it made to be a base for a deck pillar or similar. Then I used a band off a chain link stretcher around the pipe with an eye-bolt fastened in it, with the end of the eye-bolt going through an eye-bolt on the eave in the front of the house. I'll have to retake the pics. It really goes together quickly and inexpensively. |
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IF you have to get a building permit, you can start with a 4' diameter x 4' long conduit, scraps or drops from construction jobs are cheap or you can about $60 for a poly conduit section. Get a 4" OD flag pole kit and a piece of 4" ID, 0.25" wall tubing for the sleeve.
Dig a 4' deep, 4' dia hole, plant your conduit, place the 4" ID pipe sleeve in the conduit. Throw a few piece of rebar in the conduit, and surround with concrete. Its hard but you can pull the pole and did the sucker up for transfer or removal. |
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IF you have to get a building permit, you can start with a 4' diameter x 4' long conduit, scraps or drops from construction jobs are cheap or you can about $60 for a poly conduit section. Get a 4" OD flag pole kit and a piece of 4" ID, 0.25" wall tubing for the sleeve. Dig a 4' deep, 4' dia hole, plant your conduit, place the 4" ID pipe sleeve in the conduit. Throw a few piece of rebar in the conduit, and surround with concrete. Its hard but you can pull the pole and did the sucker up for transfer or removal. I Can manage the pipe and rope - where do I buy the cleat and pully? I gotta raise the Gadsden. |
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Funny you should bring this up. I just got an 18 foot flagpole for 68.89 out the door from my local do-it-best hardware. Made by Valley Forge.
It's a pretty nice rig. I bought it to replace the ugly rusted home-made one one of the previous owners put up. It has five sections that slide together and it goes into a plastic sleeve you cement into the ground. This makes it easier to replace the halyard if you need to or to re-touch the paint. Valley Forge Flag Kit |
| I built mine out of three different diameters of pipe. Ten feet of 3", ten feet of 2 1/2", and ten feet of 2". I drilled four holes close to the top of the three inch and two and a half inch for plug welds. Telescoped the pipes about one foot into each other, then welded the plug welds for strength and a circumferential seal weld to keep water out. I caped the bottom, welded a ball finial on top and built the truck to hold a stainless steel pulley purchased from Tractor Supply Co. The cleat is a piece of 1/2" bar stock bent like a set of cow horns. I used nylon twine to sew the rope into a loop and to sew 'eyes' into the rope that holds the stainless steel snap rings in place. The prevailing winds here are north west in the winter and south west in the summer so I oriented my 30' flag pole with the truck facing south east. Concreted in four feet in the ground. |
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I had to go about 30' tall with mine to clear the roof of my barn.
I bought a 20' piece of 2" galvanized, and a 20' piece of 1-1/2" pvc. I took a p.t. 2x4x16 and ripped it down on 6 sides so that it would fit inside the pvc pipe snug. This gives the pvc stability. I painted everything silver with Krylon spray paint. I buried the 2" pipe in the ground 5', and put the pvc inside of it about 5' and made a few wedges and screwed the pipes together. I bought a cleat, and pulley and a 1 1/2" pvc cap from my local hardware store. I think I spent $80.00 maybe. |
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Funny you should bring this up. I just got an 18 foot flagpole for 68.89 out the door from my local do-it-best hardware. Made by Valley Forge. It's a pretty nice rig. I bought it to replace the ugly rusted home-made one one of the previous owners put up. It has five sections that slide together and it goes into a plastic sleeve you cement into the ground. This makes it easier to replace the halyard if you need to or to re-touch the paint. Valley Forge Flag Kit Just ordered one - thanks for the tip. |
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I had a neighbor who put one up. It had two wooden poles sunk into the ground, with a central pole pinned between the two that would rotate to a horizontal position...no rope or pulleys needed.
He'd attach his flag, walk the pole upright, and pin it in place. Worked great and was cheap to build. |
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Quoted: It's socketed into bedrock with a 12' x 12' x 8' deep reinforced-concrete foundation! Quoted: I can sell you a set of plans for a 100' tall flagpole made from 16" and 12" pipe. It's made for a 40' x 60' flag. Good luck installing that without using heavy equipment explosives ....  |
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I had a neighbor who put one up. It had two wooden poles sunk into the ground, with a central pole pinned between the two that would rotate to a horizontal position...no rope or pulleys needed. He'd attach his flag, walk the pole upright, and pin it in place. Worked great and was cheap to build. Can't visualize what you mean. |
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hole in ground, add concrete and two pieces of channel stock, plumbed up about 2.5" apart with 3/8" holes aligned. take an 8' section of 2" pipe with a reducer on one end, and holes drilled to line up with holes in channel stock. In reducer an 8' section of 1.5" pipe. on the other end drill through and attach a pulley and appropriate topper. Why the holes lined up. well you pull the halyard out or break it, how are you going to get to the top of a 16' pole to put the new one in. With the pole bolted, take the bottom bolt out, lean her over replace the halyard and tilt back up. also makes it easy to paint. If you have zoning issues with a permanent structure in your front yard, I used the above concept to make a "temporary" flagpole in my front yard. instead of sinking the pipe base in the ground I fastened the bottom of the bottom piece of pipe to a block of concrete with brackets in it made to be a base for a deck pillar or similar. Then I used a band off a chain link stretcher around the pipe with an eye-bolt fastened in it, with the end of the eye-bolt going through an eye-bolt on the eave in the front of the house. I'll have to retake the pics. It really goes together quickly and inexpensively. THIS ^ 
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I had a neighbor who put one up. It had two wooden poles sunk into the ground, with a central pole pinned between the two that would rotate to a horizontal position...no rope or pulleys needed. He'd attach his flag, walk the pole upright, and pin it in place. Worked great and was cheap to build. Can't visualize what you mean. Imagine a German checkpoint in WW2 movies...the striped pole that swings down across the road as a barrier pivoted on two uprights. |
