It definitely helps to have all the tools. The plasma torch, tractor, pallet forks, levels, laser levels, wheel barrows, work shop, etc. all make it a much smoother process. Thanks!

Thanks!

More work that I thought it would be for sure, but my kind of project! Thanks!

I would really love to finish that up in February but I have a long to do list ahead of it. I am especially looking forward to the cupula. Your going to LOVE it!

Hello Chris, I am moving my panels from the roof to this ground mount (8,200 Watts, the other panel is 4400 Watts). I am not filling the post but they are capped. I actually just finished the project today and it is really cranking out the power! :) BTW: Do you think we will ever stop adding more power or is some kind of solar addiction? :)

Awesome! With 12,600w in PV, I think your all set! Yeh, capping is alright. I filled mine for strength & keeping the water and critters out. I am about 2-3,000w short. In my tiny suburbia backyard I'm running 9,450w in bifacial PV...with very little room for more PV. So, I am buying a new car instead...hahaaa

@@ChrisDIYerOklahoma I don't know buddy, you have not tapped that roof yet, could get another few thousand Watts up there! lol :)

Yes. I am glad you brought this up. I see a lot of ground mounts on YT that are seriously under engineered. I used a design tool through IronRidge called "Design Assistant". www.ironridge.com/design-tools/ This online tool does all the wind loading calculations and outputs a design that will stand up to the parameters you enter. In my case I designed for wind speeds of 120mph. For my panel, it takes 18,000lbs of concrete to hold this array down. Compare that to what you see folks building without doing the wind loading calculations. Also, I did a more detailed series on my other ground mount array that covers this and more: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJ1zoqZ6kpatn40.htmlsi=Oo01p4I6Go6ocsm8 Thanks!