this is why we didn't, and I won't go with 2.5 inch cyclone fence pole.
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Lee A. Stone wrote: > > good luck with your project. keep in mind the upright weight. add to > that the weight of clothes pulling in the wind. Lee > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 > at 10:34:25AM -0400, Spiro wrote: >> I didn't say anything to the police. >> I'd like to go down with the heavier pole 4ft, and above 3ft, I could fill >> that a bit with cement. 2ft should do nice to anything with up to 20 inch >> tires. I could even keep the pole I have, just have the end ground off. >> Now I have to get that fucking inlet pole out as the smaller clothes line >> pole is jammed in it. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Lee A. Stone wrote: >> >>> >>> was this reported to the police? I can tell you because of problems >>> with drunk drivers and other s that a bag of cement will not keep your >>> new clothesline pole up. I like your idea of using heavier pipe but >>> maybe cnsider a deeper support hole with much more rock, etc and lots >>> of loose cement? or an additional anchor for the pole running back. >>> but then it is something else to trip over. depending on the amount of >>> laundry you put out one of those original unbrella type clothesline >>> things that you can close up or set to be in an open position. Not sure >>> of the name. either way that drunk should be doing the labor. Lee >>> >>> On >>> Tue, Jun 23, 2009 >>> at 02:35:42PM -0400, Spiro wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I have a ?heavy? metal pipe with a 4 spike cap that is used for a clothes >>>> line. >>>> My neighbor across the drive likes his alcohol consumtion; and he has quie >>>> dented another neighbor's fence. He got a big SUV and ran down the pole. >>>> It is bigger and heavier than the 2.5 inch in our chain link fence in >>>> front. >>>> But I've not measured it yet. >>>> Here's what I want to do; check it out and let me know if I'm on the right >>>> track. >>>> There's a pipe in the ground, cemented and flush with the driveway. The >>>> pipe with the 4 spike cap, fits down into that. Part of this is broken off >>>> into the bigger pipe. >>>> Somehow I have to get that out. >>>> I then want to get a piece of the same size, 2ft down and 2ft above ground >>>> and cement it. I'd like to then get the same size as the pipe that is in >>>> the ground, and cement that. I could then drop the final clothes pole into >>>> that and have cement and double piping up to about 4ft and make it more >>>> durable and memorable than the one he destroyed by driving 5 feet onto my >>>> driveway and breaking it for me. >>>> Wife says that hang dry is faster, and is obviously cheaper; so I need a >>>> very durable solution. >>>> Wife wants to wimp and drag a solitary standing unit in and out every day. >>>> Not good enough for me. >>>> Thoughts, advice, help? >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> malpractice, n.: >>> The reason surgeons wear masks. >>> . >>> > > -- > malpractice, n.: > The reason surgeons wear masks. > . >
