How to temporary Flagpole with no truck/rv
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I bought a telescoping flagpole from HF thinking it came with a stand and shit but the instructions say put it in the ground with concrete.
I'm going to a music festival next weekend and can't do that. How do I get it to stand up? Any ideas?
http://www.harborfreight.com/20-ft-telescoping-flag-pole-62285.html
Last year the people next to us had some tripod shit and had it roped and staked into the ground. This one is 20' tall and like 2" OD. It came with a plastic sleeve that goes in the ground. Anyways, how would I go about using ropes to secure it like pic related? I can't find a boy scout or a guide on the internet. Would that make up for not being able to use concrete?
For example, is this flag being put into a concrete base? Surely there's a way to do this without having to use concrete or an attachment to a truck or RV(I have neither).
>>1010688
>how would I go about using ropes to secure it like pic related?
seems pretty self explanatory
pound in stakes, draw ropes tight
forgot pic
>>1010693
Ok I'll just wing it I guess. I was hoping there was a secret way to do it.
![OE-254[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/tN5kaLG.png "OE-254[1].png")
>>1010695
I was in the Army as a commo guy. I put up a 30 ft antenna mast in the wind using only 3 guy ropes, 3 stakes and digging a 6 inch hole for the mast to sit in. Wasn't anywhere near the standard from this picture but the dumbasses that packed the antenna (mechanized infantry) lost a bunch of its parts so I had to make due. It worked for the 10 days I needed it.
make, buy, mod a christmas tree stand
for some diy ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9aMQZENVp0
or get/make a wood/pvc/metal box, put a tube in the center and fill it with sand. stick pole into tube.
>>1010688
dig a hole
put the pole in the hole
put some branches around it in trinagle
fill the hole with dirt
put it in 5 gallon bucket, fill bucket with concrete