Pipe is currently 1.685 OD http://wbmfg.com/specs/M-TOW-P.PDF
Normal MTOWP is 24" tall, but there's a 36 and 48 inch option. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Vince West <[email protected]> wrote: > We use a fair amount of UBNT RD-5G30 dishes, and I prefer to mount them > with M-TOW-P-36. I don't know what size the pipe is, but I find that it is > useful for just about everything we do. If we are doing something like a > PTP-800 or SAF links, I use a larger pipe with a different type of mount. > > For smaller links using ARC IE kits, we use the M-TOW-10. Again, the pipe > diameter is perfect. > > For a tower mount with a larger pipe, do you plan to still use the same > design for fixing it to the tower (ie. saddle to saddle with bolts)? Or > will something more heavy duty be used with u-bolts to a mount that holds a > pipe? To clarify, this CommScope kit > <https://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=500401&eventGroup=4&eventPage=1> > uses brackets that mount to the tower and separate brackets to hold the > pipe. > > I ask because one of the things I like the most about the M-TOW mounts, > especially the 36" mounts is that I can mount the dish to it and then have > sent up the tower. For larger dishes, I like to have the pipe mounted to > the dish, but have the hardware for mounting to the tower sent up > separately. Depending on the tower, sometimes I have to loosen other cables > to get my mounts fixed and doing this with a large dish and mount at the > same time can be a pain. > > Vince West > Tower Hand > Technical Support > Shelby Broadband > 148 Citizens Blvd > Simpsonville, KY 40067 > Phone: 1-888-364-4232 > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 4:27 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 2-3/8" OD rigid. No reason to go larger. If we're putting up a 3' or 4' >> licensed dish, then it will be with heavy-duty pipe-to-pipe kits with 5/8" >> all-thread and probably 4-1/2" rigid pipe. >> >> Just my opinion. >> >> On 2/13/2015 1:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> I am doing this universal pipe mount that will allow a larger dish on a >> Rohn type or crappy sheet metal freestanding type. >> >> And doing the larger version of the M-TOW-P >> >> The question is, what size pipe? >> I had initially designed it with 3 inch pipe which is actually 3.5” OD. >> Looking at the pipe chart, 2.5” has an OD of 2.875”. >> >> The smaller pipe would be noticeably lighter to heft. Is that large >> enough to make SAF type mounts happy? >> Or would y’all rather have the larger pipe. >> >> >> >
