How To Install a Flagpole: Proper Tools You Need and more! (Part 1 of 6)
- Picking a flagpole location
- Calling underground for a clearance safety check
- List of helpful flagpole installation tools
- How to pick the right height for your flagpole location
- Proper flagpole hole dimensions
- Proper way to mix concrete
- Proper way to set the sleeve
- How to install flagpole with a pedestal base with sonotube
- Nature of shipping flagpoles
- How to receive the flagpole / check for damages / properly sign cargo acceptance
- How to unpack the flagpole safely and without harming the flagpole
- Tips for flagpole storage
- Various types of flagpole trucks (pulley systems)
- How to find the best truck for you
- How to find the best ornament (ball ornament or eagle ornament)
- Proper way to install the flagpole truck and the ornament
- How to string the pulley with the halyard
- How to tie the flagpole rope (halyard) together
- Proper way to attach the flagpole cleat
- How to walk up the flagpole
- How to level the flagpole
- How to set the flagpole with sand
- How to attach and raise the flag