The
base is a critical component, and the most often overlooked. It should
be good looking, durable, and proportionally
sized. Cheap bases made from angle iron ruin the look of your art. The
hardest part may be locating the steel, it usually comes in 20'
lengths, most
distributors require you have a commercial account, and their minimum
purchase is $200 or more, so you'll have enough steel for 20 years.
Because making a few bases can be so much work, we now include 4 Bases
with
each Kit. This includes the nuts and bolts for attaching them to the
elbow. You can forget about the hassle of making the bases, and spend
your time on the fun part, making the art for inside the hoop!
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Heavy duty bent steel bar pointed three prong base.
Complete sprinklers ship fully assembled.
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The
camera is level, the ground isn't. This is a good demonstration of why
a base
that inserts into the ground is required. Anything less than a
heavy duty steel 3 prong base, falls over, or at the very least
start leaning, and then they stop spinning. They're unpainted, because
the paint rubs off when you stick it in the ground anyway. The heavy
gauge hot rolled steel will last without paint, and it adds to the
rustic look.
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