<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A pole mount can be part of a virtually tracked array system. Gives long hours of power, if that is the reason she wants this. It can be angled for SW 9 months and go south for the winter. It needs another array or combo of arrays for SE and S. If it is some other weird reason she wants this, I would just do it and bill in advance. Tell her only death and taxes are </span><span style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">guaranteed</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">! </span></p>
<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Somebody else will have info on a pole mount with ballast. That would be interesting! </span></p>
<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no danger to your screw guy right? </span></p>
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<p>On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:39:55 -0400, "Ben's Solar and Battery" <ben@mcfeeters.net> wrote:</p>
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<div dir="auto">We typically use SunModo ground mounts with ground screws which we can put just about anywhere as our screw guy has a rock drill. </div>
<div dir="auto">We have one customer who is dead set on a top of pole mount array and will not settle for a typical ground mount with multiple posts. </div>
<div dir="auto">There is shallow ledge all over her property and we feel that digging multiple large holes to find one spot where we might be able to get deep enough would be a waste of time and resources. We have called an underground locator who uses ground penetrating radar and he scanned a few spots, but was unable to give us a good location based on soil types. </div>
<div dir="auto">What are you guys doing in this situation? Are there any alternatives, such as a pole mount with large base and ground screws?</div>
<div dir="auto">I hate saying it can't be done! </div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks! </div>
<div dir="auto">Ben </div>
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