That Maxxwave has an add-on tray for peaks also.  It says "Heavy guage
galvanized steel", doesn't appear powder coated.  Pretty cool product.
http://www.balticnetworks.com/non-penetrating-roof-peak-tray.html

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:

> My 2c:
> Leveling the mast might be an interesting feature, but I've never really
> wished for it.
> Where I saw a hole in the market was in a hinged mount that could accept
> variable mast sizes without costing too much.
>
> There are cheap ones for $70 that only accept a satellite dish mount.
> There are $600 ones from Rohn et al that accept different mast diameters.
> The cheap ones are no good for me, and the other ones are offensively
> expensive.  I was unaware of the Baltic Networks / Maxxwave model before I
> read this thread, and that looks to come in around $150.
>
> I have to put a 2' Trango dish on a hinged mount in the near future, and
> I'll probably end up getting that Maxxwave model if I can confirm that it
> will accept a mast > 2" OD.  I wish it was HDG instead of powder coated,
> but beggars can't be choosers.  I also question that slider thing for
> adjusting the angle of the mast, but I can always put more bolts in it if
> it doesn't seem solid.
>
> Honestly, now that I've seen the Maxxwave one, I'm not sure what new thing
> you can bring to bear.
>
>
> Yeah, that is always a problem.  The more assembly you do during
> fabrication, the more it costs to ship, the larger the packing crate is,
> the more expensive packing is etc etc.
>
> *From:* Lewis Bergman <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 9, 2016 2:35 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Non penetrating mounts
>
> Anything you can do to speed assembly but still take up less space. I
> never liked how long they took to put together.
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016, 12:05 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I get constantly asked to do a non penetrating mount.  I have always
>> resisted because there are a ton of them out there already.  But I get
>> almost daily searches for this term on my website.  It appears folks
>> presume I have one.
>>
>> If I did one, I would like to have some feature or quality that
>> differentiates it from the rest.  Perhaps a unit that can be locked or
>> hinged for flat or peak mounts.
>>
>> Maybe one with hinged legs that give it a wider footprint using greater
>> leverage so you don’t need as many concrete blocks.
>>
>> I dunno, any ideas?
>>
>
>

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