Well it's certainly the coolest one I've seen!
I wish I could take credit for this one but all I did was assemble the parts-my good buddy Dallas (amphibious archer) was the one who fabbed up the pole sections for me. I did jigger up the light bracket at the top but it's nothing fancy. The lights are just some 55w cheapies from WallyMart; they do the job plenty well but suck lots of juice.
The pole is made of 1.5" aluminum tubing, modular (3-4' sections), and the whole thing fits under my front deck when not in use. The sections join together with a slotted post design on the male end, which fits into a roll pin on the female end so it is always facing the right direction. The wires are all ran internally and use a blade terminal to connect them-fast n EZ!
The wires from the pole are then ran down to a cigarette plug in (which I'm prolly going to change) on the deck, next to the pole base mount. I've got a Big Foot switch ran inline which also plugs into a cigarette outlet, so when not in use all you see is the 2 plug covers, and the mount for the pole-way slick!
I'll post the same pics in my build thread, but I thought this deserved it's own thread!
The post mount:
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My entire Big Foot switch just pops out when not in use:
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I wish I could take credit for this one but all I did was assemble the parts-my good buddy Dallas (amphibious archer) was the one who fabbed up the pole sections for me. I did jigger up the light bracket at the top but it's nothing fancy. The lights are just some 55w cheapies from WallyMart; they do the job plenty well but suck lots of juice.
The pole is made of 1.5" aluminum tubing, modular (3-4' sections), and the whole thing fits under my front deck when not in use. The sections join together with a slotted post design on the male end, which fits into a roll pin on the female end so it is always facing the right direction. The wires are all ran internally and use a blade terminal to connect them-fast n EZ!
The wires from the pole are then ran down to a cigarette plug in (which I'm prolly going to change) on the deck, next to the pole base mount. I've got a Big Foot switch ran inline which also plugs into a cigarette outlet, so when not in use all you see is the 2 plug covers, and the mount for the pole-way slick!
I'll post the same pics in my build thread, but I thought this deserved it's own thread!
The post mount:
My entire Big Foot switch just pops out when not in use:
