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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> You may want to look at a company called Powerfields. Ballasted ground mount, 25 degree angle, simple to put together. Can use dirt, gravel or crush and run for ballast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Peter Giroux<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ASAE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristopher Schmid via RE-wrenches<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Kristopher Schmid <solman@legacysolar.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Ballasted ground mounts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the info, Sam.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I guess that I should have mentioned that I am looking at an 8kw residential application.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Shine On!<br><br>Kris Schmid<br>Legacy Solar, LLC<br>137 West 1st Avenue<br>Luck, WI 54853<br><a href="http://www.legacysolar.com" target="_blank">www.legacysolar.com</a><br>715-653-4295<br>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br>Licensed Wisconsin Master Electrician<br>BSEE<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:39<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM Sam Haraldson <<a href="mailto:sam@onsiteenergyinc.com">sam@onsiteenergyinc.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have experience with the APA Solar Racking Geo Ballast system and RBI Solar's Ballasted Landfill Solution (GM-BL). Both were simple and effective. The APA system consists of metal cages that get built on site and then locally sourced river rock is added via skid steer. The RBI product uses huge, pre-cast concrete block that get formed at a nearby facility and then are set into place with a large telehandler. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Both of these solutions are manufacturer-engineered on a per-project basis and as such have a minimum project size before they'll consider you. So they're good options for 100kw and up projects but not backyard systems. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sam<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>