Upright poles are 3m long and galv but holes have been drilled through them.
Crossbars are angle iron and rusted badly
The 3 bolts mounting the mast to roof is also rusted.
Age of old mast is 6 to 8 years, this a guess.
New mast will be the same in size the crossbars will be 38mm round tubing. all holes will be drilled before the mast is sent for galvanizing. New mast will also have 3 extra coachscrews mounting the mast.
All bolts, nuts washers and springwashers will be stainless steel. The rust on old dishes brackets will be removed and brakcets will be treated with ns1.
Old staywires have been removed allready and replaced with 4mm plastic coated stays.
A huge THANK YOU to the guys that came to help today!!
geforce
armyboy @LandRover
tonyd
draatman @populargamers @Uys @Ogon - thank you for organising the mast! and your never ending support and effort !!
@Committee - Thank you for funding this, the pics below show that the old one had served it’s time!
Also huge thank you to all who donated towards the upgrade of the Sector RB’s, these were also installed today and are performing MUCH better than the old equipment. Project Page
Here are some of the pics, @others, please upload what you took.
