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Old 23 January 2012, 13:37   #1
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How long will it last??

Over the weekend a customer on the Dry Stack has decided to mount this to the top of his "A" frame!

Can't see it lasting for long - am I wrong?

Anyone got any experience?
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Old 23 January 2012, 13:48   #2
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Wow what a cracking job! Look out fabricators on here eh!

Top rack from now on then?
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Old 23 January 2012, 14:01   #3
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thats gotta be a couple of ŁKs worth of HD radar up there on what looks like a couple of rulers!

dont see that lasting much more than an hour in anything other than flat calm!
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Can't decide which I like the least...the bracket design or the 53 ratchet clips

Seriously, it's just a template to assess height and stuff, right?
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Fitted a couple using products from here:

www.scanstrut.com

May be he hasn't heard of them.....
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Can't decide which I like the least...the bracket design or the 53 ratchet clips

Seriously, it's just a template to assess height and stuff, right?
Nooooooo. I think they are way past the assessment stage!!!!!!
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Old 23 January 2012, 14:27   #7
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Perhaps it's designed like Japanese sky scrapers are to absorb the vibration from earthquakes. Designed to wobble so it absorbs the impact stresses. Not sure I'm convinced tho'
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Is it stainless or alloy needed some cross brasses in what ever.
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Is it stainless or alloy needed some cross brasses in what ever.
Alloy of some sort.
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Bye-bye radome!

I predict "bye-bye radome" as soon as he hits anything other than flat calm water!
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The best way of making that look anything near right is to build a smaller aframe to go on top of your original one. The best way would be to remove the frame and weld the new one on top

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even if it does stay up there (which i doubt), the sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky will not give the HD vision he has paid for
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He will have to get Pikey Dave to make one like his a proper job.
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Old 23 January 2012, 16:54   #14
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He will have to get Pikey Dave to make one like his a proper job.

That really is a POS Probably made by the same bloke who made the drybox brackets. The radar reflector is a waste of time an 'all. Can't understand someone willing to shell out top dollar for the HD scanner & then mount it on that abomination, it takes all sorts I suppose.
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The best way of making that look anything near right is to build a smaller aframe to go on top of your original one. The best way would be to remove the frame and weld the new one on top

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Would also alow routing of cable internally which would be neater, flat bar - hmm?!
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I recommend a lanyard for this particular installation
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Check out the method used to connect the radar frame to the A frame, looks like its clamped to the A frame with more flat bar.
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''War of the Worlds'' Fan or What? And we know what to ''Them''.....Why would anyone spend good money on Radar and fit it like that??
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Can't see it lasting for long - am I wrong?
Here's hoping the owner doesn't take a short-cut if they're trailering it!
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Here's hoping the owner doesn't take a short-cut if they're trailering it!
I know that bridge on Bonis Hall Lane!

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