Hello everyone.  

I have decided that "I need" a Drive-On mount for my Spiderbeam pole. I found a few options online, but one was out of stock, one had a delivery of Christmas, and one would be shipped from the UK.  I read reviews of these options.  A couple of reviews struck me; (1) the metal plate was not solid enough.  It was flexible, and while this would work for a flag on race day, it would not be adequate for an EFHW and a 10MPH wind, and (2) the threading that screwed into the floor flange failed after a few uses.

I wrote to one of the hams to ask for his guidance.  He said that it is easy enough to construct if you know how to weld or have access to a local welder.  He gave me this design: 

A piece of 3/16" or 1/4" steel plate about 6" x 18". Weld or bolt a pipe floor flange for the size of pipe you want to use. Then screw a piece of pipe into the flange. If the steel plate is problematic, use a wood 2x8 and attach floor flange to that.

I do not know a welder, so I looked online for local welders that would do very small jobs.  I found a couple, but they are M-F, 9am - 5pm, shops.  I'm not able to get to them during those hours.
 
I'm hoping that someone here would have some guidance for me.

TNX de David AE4LH

Hello everyone.  

I have decided that "I need" a Drive-On mount for my Spiderbeam pole. I found a few options online, but one was out of stock, one had a delivery of Christmas, and one would be shipped from the UK.  I read reviews of these options.  A couple of reviews struck me; (1) the metal plate was not solid enough.  It was flexible, and while this would work for a flag on race day, it would not be adequate for an EFHW and a 10MPH wind, and (2) the threading that screwed into the floor flange failed after a few uses.

I wrote to one of the hams to ask for his guidance.  He said that it is easy enough to construct if you know how to weld or have access to a local welder.  He gave me this design: 

A piece of 3/16" or 1/4" steel plate about 6" x 18". Weld or bolt a pipe floor flange for the size of pipe you want to use. Then screw a piece of pipe into the flange. If the steel plate is problematic, use a wood 2x8 and attach floor flange to that.

I do not know a welder, so I looked online for local welders that would do very small jobs.  I found a couple, but they are M-F, 9am - 5pm, shops.  I'm not able to get to them during those hours.
 
I'm hoping that someone here would have some guidance for me.

TNX de David AE4LH

Hello everyone.  

I have decided that "I need" a Drive-On mount for my Spiderbeam pole. I found a few options online, but one was out of stock, one had a delivery of Christmas, and one would be shipped from the UK.  I read reviews of these options.  A couple of reviews struck me; (1) the metal plate was not solid enough.  It was flexible, and while this would work for a flag on race day, it would not be adequate for an EFHW and a 10MPH wind, and (2) the threading that screwed into the floor flange failed after a few uses.

I wrote to one of the hams to ask for his guidance.  He said that it is easy enough to construct if you know how to weld or have access to a local welder.  He gave me this design: 

A piece of 3/16" or 1/4" steel plate about 6" x 18". Weld or bolt a pipe floor flange for the size of pipe you want to use. Then screw a piece of pipe into the flange. If the steel plate is problematic, use a wood 2x8 and attach floor flange to that.

I do not know a welder, so I looked online for local welders that would do very small jobs.  I found a couple, but they are M-F, 9am - 5pm, shops.  I'm not able to get to them during those hours.
 
I'm hoping that someone here would have some guidance for me.

TNX de David AE4LH

On Oct 22, 2022, at 2:53 PM, Bill Craft via groups.io <billc851@...> wrote:



https://tn07.com/drive-on/ground-mount

On 10/22/2022 2:23 PM, David McGuire wrote:

Hello everyone.  

I have decided that "I need" a Drive-On mount for my Spiderbeam pole. I found a few options online, but one was out of stock, one had a delivery of Christmas, and one would be shipped from the UK.  I read reviews of these options.  A couple of reviews struck me; (1) the metal plate was not solid enough.  It was flexible, and while this would work for a flag on race day, it would not be adequate for an EFHW and a 10MPH wind, and (2) the threading that screwed into the floor flange failed after a few uses.

I wrote to one of the hams to ask for his guidance.  He said that it is easy enough to construct if you know how to weld or have access to a local welder.  He gave me this design: 

A piece of 3/16" or 1/4" steel plate about 6" x 18". Weld or bolt a pipe floor flange for the size of pipe you want to use. Then screw a piece of pipe into the flange. If the steel plate is problematic, use a wood 2x8 and attach floor flange to that.

I do not know a welder, so I looked online for local welders that would do very small jobs.  I found a couple, but they are M-F, 9am - 5pm, shops.  I'm not able to get to them during those hours.
 
I'm hoping that someone here would have some guidance for me.

TNX de David AE4LH