Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

[millsan1]

I have looked at building them, the high end stuff, low end stuff and for the $, and IMHO, you can't beat the brightmount. Solid piece, relatively cheap, and anchored to some kind of concrete footer, it won't go anywhere.

In my case, I have 4, and about to be 8 of these. The first 4 are mounted to concrete sewer pipes I got for free, filled with concrete. The next batch will probably go on 2x2x2 concrete blocks, partially buried.

 

[OffGridForGood]

Ops, I see I made a mistake:

so a 72 x 46 inch panel weighing 50 pounds

your panels are 23 sqft each.

I would consider the risks if the panels were to move in a storm as part of your process. Big difference between some panels out in the middle of 100Ac pasture and ones sitting 20 feet from the next house in town.

 

[TomC4306]

4x4 posts, 2x8 beams with a ripped 2x4, super strut.