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Your flagpole project got my rememberer going.

Here's the comparison between (in our case) a 35' fiberglass pole versus a
high quality aluminum pole and why we went with the fiberglass.

Aluminum pole

Wind rating without flag: 100 mph
Wind rating with flag: 80 mph.

Fiberglass pole

Wind rating without flag: over 200 mph
Wind rating with flag: 155 mph

For us, the 80 mph rating was calling it too close, particularly if in a
winter Nor'easter and I forgot to take the flag down.

The installed cost of the fiberglass was just shy of twice that of the
aluminum.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" <rce.RemoveThis@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Your flagpole project got my rememberer going.
>
> Here's the comparison between (in our case) a 35' fiberglass pole versus
> a high quality aluminum pole and why we went with the fiberglass.
>
> Aluminum pole
>
> Wind rating without flag: 100 mph
> Wind rating with flag: 80 mph.
>
> Fiberglass pole
>
> Wind rating without flag: over 200 mph
> Wind rating with flag: 155 mph
>
> For us, the 80 mph rating was calling it too close, particularly if in a
> winter Nor'easter and I forgot to take the flag down.
>
> The installed cost of the fiberglass was just shy of twice that of the
> aluminum.
>
> Eisboch
>

Thanks for the info!