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leeasha

31/8/2010 at 3:08pm
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right we just got home from a long week end at stowford farm meadows, and lots of caravans and a few bigger tents had long flag poles up with flags etc. i know wher to get the poles from, but what i whould like to know is how do you hold your flag pole up with out haveing a jokey wheel or the likes to tie it to!! we use a trailer but i dont realy want to put a jockey wheel on it.

Nathan B

31/8/2010 at 3:11pm
Location: Brighouse
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hi if you got a trailer ,screw a couple of pipe clips with self tappers in to the frame work of it, if not take a 2ft piece of scaffold tube and brey it in to ground to put bottom of flag pole

leeasha

31/8/2010 at 3:15pm
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scafoldpole seams a bit heavy duty.lol

but pipe clamps was along the lines i was thinking off, just not sure if they whould take the strain from the wind etc.

pepe63

31/8/2010 at 3:26pm
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We use(or did do) a 3ft length of 1/2" steel bar,just staked into the ground,then the fibreglass poles just slip over it.Mounting on a spike also lets the pole rotate more freely,which does help a little in stopping your flag/spinner from just tangling around the pole..

We used to use a flag when we" tented" a festivals but after having the whole thing pinched by kids one morning,I haven't bothered since...

force ten

31/8/2010 at 3:30pm
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use a flag pole spike one for a small three or four meter pole and two for the bigger poles

you just take the stopper off the bottom of the flag pole and drop it over the pole spike

flag pole groundspike

Nathan B

31/8/2010 at 3:46pm
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lol yah bit heavy handed ,but didn't mean scaffolding pole just something on them lines lol

HEJC72

31/8/2010 at 4:17pm
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Buy a ground spike as mentioned above by force ten - I use 2 on our 6m pole.

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MairiJ

31/8/2010 at 4:55pm
Location: Sauchie Scotland
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We got a telescopic pole and a St Andrews flag windsock this year, great for helping the children find their way back to the tent, we use a ground spike as suggested above, had no problems with it. The pole and spike came from the same place, Sky Blue Leisure I think it was.

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Emerald1

31/8/2010 at 5:00pm
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We got one from skyblue i think it is on ebay base cracked before we even got to use it, not a clue how as it was on top of everything so very flimsy. However it was windy and we put it up over a 1m ground spike with the Derbyshire flag on, neighbours ones bloke ours stood up to it even with already being cracked. Cable ties are ace for securing the bungees to it then slide off with a bit of manhandling when your packing up.

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petemillis

31/8/2010 at 6:05pm
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To avoid crakcking at the base, it's worth wrapping gaffer tape around it, and putting a cable tie over the top. Remember, all these poles are only roach fishing poles.....not really flag poles....and as such the base part wouldn't be expected to be subject to much force.

For mounting.....a 1 metre length of reinforcing bar just hammered a bit into the ground work. Or just lash it to your trailer with rope and good knots.

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