Congratulations and thank you for the purchase of your
Quick-Tilt mount. This mount has been designed to make it
easier and safer for you to erect your antenna, mast or
flagpole. Before proceeding further go back and read the
safety notice.
SETTING UP YOUR QUICK-TILT GROUND MOUNT
Your Quick-Tilt mount has been shipped to you assembled.
The keepers have been preset to accept a 11/4" outside
diameter mast, by virtue of the trapped PVC insulator.
Please check to make sure the parts you have match the
drawing to your right and the figure on the following page.
Loosen and remove the small wing nut on the ¼" bolt found
at the top of your Quick-Tilt mount. This bolt will be used to
hold two spacers that will prevent your antenna or mast from
moving side to side. Removing it will prevent it from getting
damaged during the installation process. Leave the two 3/8”,
stainless, bolts with the 5” separators in place. These
separators will keep the brackets parallel as you set them in
the ground.
SETTING THE QUICK-TILT IN THE GROUND
There are two ways you can install your Quick-Tilt mount,
either driven directly into the ground or set in concrete. This
is a determination you will have to make depending upon
your soil conditions and how tall your mast or antenna will be
and how much wind load it will incur. Wind load should not
be a major concern, because the purpose of the Quick-Tilt
mount is to make it easier and quicker for you to be able to
get your mast, antenna or flagpole up and down. Therefore,
if a storm is approaching, high winds are expected or the
structure will not be in use then lower it.
Please note that if you are going to be using your own mast
you may want to attach your keepers and test fit them in the
support brackets before you set the brackets in the ground.
Driving The Quick-Tilt Into The Ground
With the two 5" separators in place lay a board over the ends
of your two support brackets and alternating from one bracket
to the other strike the board with a sledge hammer and drive
the two brackets into the ground. Stop frequently and using a
level check to make sure they are going in plumb. If they start to go crooked, using a short length of 2x4 or
similar extension, push on the bracket in the opposite direction, the bracket is leaning, as you continue to
drive it in the ground. Remember to alternate your blows so that the tops of the brackets remain equal to
each other and the PVC separators remain parallel with the ground. Continue to drive the brackets into the
ground until the lowest spacer is 4" above the ground. This will leave at least 24" in the ground.
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