Or no Pole pounding in public Jack Sent from my Mil Spec IPhone 4S On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:19 PM, "Jimmy Franco" <Aldocyber3@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Correct, no pole pounding required as long as we have the spikes > > Jimmy F. > TRA 12524 > > gary-walker@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> >> >> The poles are meant to slide over the pointy steel rods, that are meant to >> be driven into the ground, protected from flaring by the sledge hammers by >> using the big steel sleeves (the ones with the big nuts welded onto them) . >> No pounding of the speakers poles should be necessary. At least that was >> how it used to be done. >> >> >> >> GW >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >> From: chvy91bowtie@xxxxxxx >> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:30:58 PM >> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Good idea wanted >> >> We can weld a steel ring around the pole a few inches down and then make a >> tool that will go over the pole down to the ring and allow you to hammer >> (piece of steel pipe with a plate welded on the end) . >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AiRobert <airobert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: tccrockets <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 4:14 pm >> Subject: [tccrockets] Good idea wanted >> >> >> >> >> We rebuilt the PA speakers at spring cleaning and now have a slight problem >> with them. When we pound the speaker poles into the ground it mushrooms the >> end a bit and then the speaker mount doesn’t slide onto the pole. >> Anybody got a good idea on how to best solve this? >> The pole is standard ¾ inch metal conduit and the mount is a standard >> threaded conduit end. >> My best idea so far is to mount a 6 inch long ½ inch diameter rod on the >> speaker that will slide INTO the pole. >> >> RZ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AiRobert <airobert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: tccrockets <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 4:14 pm >> Subject: [tccrockets] Good idea wanted >> >> >> >> >> We rebuilt the PA speakers at spring cleaning and now have a slight problem >> with them. When we pound the speaker poles into the ground it mushrooms the >> end a bit and then the speaker mount doesn’t slide onto the pole. >> Anybody got a good idea on how to best solve this? >> The pole is standard ¾ inch metal conduit and the mount is a standard >> threaded conduit end. >> My best idea so far is to mount a 6 inch long ½ inch diameter rod on the >> speaker that will slide INTO the pole. >> >> RZ >> >>