Wind-Resistant Sign Easy To Put Up

Wind-Resistant Sign Easy To Put Up FARM HOME Miscellaneous 26-5-18 "We got the idea in FARM SHOW and then adapted it for our own use," says Fred Markert, Tallula, Ill., who used a homemade, wind-resistant sign to advertise sale events on the farm. The swinging sign is made entirely of 2-in. dia. PVC pipe. "We put the sign up about 3/4 of a mile from our home. It sits on top of a 6-ft. high pipe and swings back and forth in the wind. It has brightly colored ribbons on it so it's hard to miss," says Markert. The sign's PVC pipe frame measures 2 ft. sq. and has a large flared coupling at the bottom. The coupling slips over a 4-in. dia. pipe that's 6 ft. tall and anchored in the ground. The sign itself consists of a 1/2-in. thick piece of plywood fitted with vinyl letters. The top of the plywood hinges to the PVC pipe by lengths of plastic-coated wire. "At the end of the day, when our sale is over, we go get the sign and bring it back home. It's a simple job to remove it from the anchored pipe," says Markert. "We had been using a bigger sign on the same pipe that wasn't designed to swing back and forth. It didn't work very well because in high winds it almost bent the pipe." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Fred Markert, Rt. 1, Box 109, Tallula, Ill. 62688 (ph 217 632-2624).

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