Nick,
In New Mexico it was popular on flat roof homes to lay down pressure
treated 4x4's and lag your L-feet onto these then weight them down with
cinder blocks filled with concrete, this would be an inexpensive
temporary option.
Carl Hansen
Hansen&Sun Electric
On 2024-04-09 2:58 PM, AE Solar via RE-wrenches wrote:
Are helical piles overkill for what you are trying to do? They can be
unscrewed when you are done so nothing is left behind.
Adam Katzman (he/him)
Autonomous Energies | Owner/Operator
www.AutonomousEnergies.com <http://www.autonomousenergies.com>
(518) 567-1468
On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM Nick A Lucchese via RE-wrenches
<re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
Greetings Wrenches,
Has anyone utilized any ballasted style commercial roof rack
solutions directly on the ground? I have an upcoming project that
is only predicted to be left in place for around 5 years and is on
land expected to be put back as it was found therefore concrete is
out of the question. I’ve successfully made temporary arrays with
standard rails and tilts by pinning 2x wood material to grade but
this one calls for something lower in profile. Very minimal use is
expected during winter months so the lower production of a 10
degree tilt is not an issue. The Ironridge BX seems like it would
be ideal and have been told at conferences and distributor shows
that it would work but figure one of you may have experience with
this product or something more appropriate and affordable? Perhaps
even go for the bonus of something with a 15 degree tilt if it
exists? I realize weeds and grasses will be a factor as well but
client can come up with many low tech solutions for that aspect.
The grade is quite flat, few rocks and site prep can certainly
improve even more before the project begins.
Thanks for the wisdom and experience, Nick
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