[Taltarzac725]

We had a kind neighbor who helped get the satellite dish from Direct TV off of its pole. The pole though seems stuck in some kind of compacted clay, dirt, concrete hybrid which is a real bear to crush around it at its bottom.

Anyone else have experience with the hybrid of clay, dirt, and concrete? The DirectTV people have new technology so they said that they would only remove this much older satellite dish if they were putting in a new one. We now have cable.

If I had a sledge hammer I might try hitting the top of the pole like some Villages ' Paul Bunyan, but we do not have a sledge hammer and I doubt if any neighbors do either.

[sandybill2]

Don't know if it will work BUT my husband said if it is a pipe----take a hose and put water in it---he thinks it will cause the pipe to loosen up and you can probably pull it out------ We have Direct TV and we had them put it in the ground in concrete---back corner of our house--didn't want it on our eaves, etc.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by sandybill2

Don't know if it will work BUT my husband said if it is a pipe----take a hose and put water in it---he thinks it will cause the pipe to loosen up and you can probably pull it out------ We have Direct TV and we had them put it in the ground in concrete---back corner of our house--didn't want it on our eaves, etc.

Thanks. It is pipe. That worked. I just bent it and twisted it. Then buried the rest of it. The pole came out at three inches down so it should be safe from someone walking on it.

The clay/dirt/cement hybrid was not giving up easy so I had to try another approach.

[sandybill2]

Glad that worked---don't know if you have disposed of actual dish but we have seen them on the curb on trash day---they will take them away for you.