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Interesting concept to leave an 18" gap between the panels. For my 32 panels, that would make the array much wider. Also, I see a building and trees near your panels that would break up the winds. In my case, imagine the array sitting on top of a hill in an huge empty pasture with no trees and...

I was just looking at the videos on the Osprey site. How exactly does that work, i.e.how do you get the duckbills into the ground, and how deep are they? Is the test tool something you rent, or did you have someone do that install for you?

I am extremely interested the the Osprey idea, because one of our issues here is buried boulders. I don't mean rocks. I had a water line trenched and installed, 4 feet deep for 425 feet and they hit several washing machine sized boulders in that process. They were using a huge backhoe plus a...

I have a 40HP tractor, but I haven't bothered getting an auger, because of the rocks around here. A 3 point auger doesn't reverse, and if you get a rock jammed four feet down, you are screwed. No pun intended. Skid steer augers are hydraulic and can reverse, so they are easier to unjam.

I have three quotes for three different solar installers with good reputations in my area. All are pretty outrageous, all came in at $40k for ~12kw, All said the issue was that I want a ground mount. 32 panels. Quote 1 was $8400 extra for the ground mount. Quote 2 was $8700 extra for the...

Well, I did get a quote from one DIY company that suggested I use 2" galvanized pipe and just use augered ends on the vertical supports. I tossed that one.