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You Said:

exposed end is about 53" above ground. I did use a couple of hundred
pounds of sand in it as well making the whole thing with concrete about
half a ton. It is very solid.

I said:

Are you not outside with your pier exposed to the elements? If I filled a
stand alone pier with sand here in KS no matter what form of pipe I used the
moisture would find a way in there and hae destroyed it by now if it was out
there for three years.

Just curious. My Dad is the outdoor construction type and when we were
discussing it he said that if we put sand in any type of pipe outside it
would rust out from the inside in less than three years. I'm taking his
word for it because he did something similar back when he had a big 10' dish
outside, had to replace the pipe once because of the lovely kansas wind bent
it, so he put sand in it, had to replace it the next year because it broke
due to rusting.

Finally I convinced him and he bought an 18" DSS dish so things are
different now...hehe.


Tom


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