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No thanks. It looks ghetto.Can you post your unistrut ground mount?
No thanks. It looks ghetto.Can you post your unistrut ground mount?
I enjoy a video on anything in the DIY segment of racking, including this one. Racking is just a conundrum like that, no way to achieve everything in one product.If there is something specific that you guys want me to look for this year with the racks I am going to review, let me know
One of my ideas involves IBC totes
It's not so much the "cheapest possible" as much as "best value" where all the parts required (conduit, concrete, epoxy, et al) is added in is more important. That racking is nice, and the way the notches and clamps work is a great idea, but considering it's adding $100+ to the cost of each panel really hurts the value. As mentioned, on perfectly flat land it's great but if your dirt isn't straight you're making concrete footers for each one just like the Bright stuff and that adds in.So going by current comments, people really just want the cheapest possible rack. Is there anything else you guys care about?
And clearance for snow and weedwhacker
That's what I was seeing as well. We've used a pretty innovative racking system from Osprey a couple of times. It's actually pretty impressive how well it handles uneven terrain. It's pricey but as has been mentioned if you really take a look at the total cost, particularly when you're paying contractors to dig footings and pour concrete it's not that bad.The IntegraRack seems fine if you have a perfectly flat surface to work with. My ground mount sits on sloping land with undulations, and putting IntegraRack in such a location would be more trouble than its worth. It is also much simpler to attach conduit and boxes to PT wood.
Lets face it, the DIY crowd can be cheap sometimes
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That is AWESOME!Lets face it, the DIY crowd can be cheap sometimes
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Thank you for showing a new option for me to consider! This type of post is helpful for me and my search this year. I appreciate it!That's what I was seeing as well. We've used a pretty innovative racking system from Osprey a couple of times. It's actually pretty impressive how well it handles uneven terrain. It's pricey but as has been mentioned if you really take a look at the total cost, particularly when you're paying contractors to dig footings and pour concrete it's not that bad.
Zero mechanical civil work was required at any of the sites we did them at. We did use a shovel and get the top 3" of grass out of the way from under the footplates.
Big adjustments happen with telescoping legs that pin into place and the fine adjustments happen with something akin to a trailer jack.
No concrete or ballast, they are held down with "duckbill anchors".
No affiliation with them in anyway, just sharing this as something that I found really interesting.
It has a wind rating of 150mph. The clamps are not UL, but they plan to be soon.Will, do you or the company know of any solar/PV/structural engineers who will put a stamp on a plan that includes this mount? My area needs wind load of 120 mph and permit.