33' 2" Telescoping Mast - TV WIFI HAM Antenna - EZ TM-50-U-95

The problem: I needed a pole for putting up an antenna to pull in a better cell tower signal. It needed to be tall enough to clear the majority of trees on my property. I have a lot of trees.The solution: Easy Up 33' Telescoping MastNOTE: This is the solution I came up for myself and may not be practicable for you.Up front:1. The pole is well made. Lightweight (for 33'). It still took me a bit to wrangle it though. I am a fit upper-middle-age man so I got some upper body workout with this, but not terrible.2. No instructions on setup. It took me a couple of swipes at it until I got it up correctly (even after messing with extending it horizontally on the ground!). I recommend assembling the pole on the ground (maybe go through the exercise a couple of time to get it all down).3. It comes with large scale cotter pins to use as stops for each section. These are NOT what you want to use. Will they do the job? Yes. I didn't like them so bought some 3/8" Clevis pins. I had to ream out the holes on the pole a little bit for them to fit smoothly, but they are so much more substantial than the cotter pins.4. You WILL need guy wires. Two levels minimum. I suggest three levels. We have regular storms through our area in the spring and fall, and didn't want to lose the mast over being chintzy on guy wires.- I used the bottom guys to stabilize the pole, and the upper ones to stiffen things up considerably. It is bowing ever so slightly in the middle. I believe this is do to a bit of slop in the articulation of the pole. So a third set might be in the near future.- 1/8" T316 Stainless Steel Cable 7x7 (1780 lb breaking strength). I found a 110' spool worked fine.- Heavy duty stainless steel S shaped hooks (2.2" x 1/5")- 1/8" Cable stainless steel railing kit (I found a 6 pack which includes stainless hook eye turnbuckle, M3 wire rope cable clip clamps, M3 aluminum crimping loops, and m3 SS thimbles NK10 - spares are nice, and you will need a crimper)- Stout pair of pliers for crimping the S-hooks- Crimping tool (wire rope tool and cutter)- You will need to double-sleeve whichever end you are crimping for the guy wires5. Due to a variety of mistakes (I have had to work through this the hard way), and the complete lack of instructions, I have had this pole up and down five times now. By the fifth time I had it down to a science! It DOES go up, and down quickly even with guy wires.6. This pole is straight! With all guy wires slack it still stands almost perfectly vertical. I had minimal messing with the upper guys.7. I used a tripod for mounting on my roof. The bottom OD is exactly what it says: 2.25". So, bought a 2" OD tripod, and had to modify the top-and-bottom brackets to accept the larger diameter. Good luck finding a tripod larger than 2". I was not able to find one, but the mod to the tripod worked fine.8. Well boxed (heavy cardboard tube). The pole had no unboxing instructions, but I was able to figure it out quickly. Don't worry about the wooden stoppers at each end - they have nothing to do with the pole other than to keep it safe.9. My antenna cable placement took some thought as there is no way to put the wire through the guy wire plates. I ended up looping large outside the plates and anchoring with tie-wraps; giving it enough room so the guy wire plates could still spin. Invest in some tie-wraps.All the materials mentioned, I was able to find on Amazon (most of which, other than the pole, were next day delivery).WARNING: Wear gloves when assembling the mast. Be careful in raising the mast that you are properly locked in. Had it come down on me (only one section), because I hadn't done so. There is a lot of packing grease inside to allow the pole to move freely when extending it. Fortunately I didn't hurt myself in the process, but you will need to make sure you get your pin set AND get the locking sleeve tightened down for each section. Go slow, take your time, do it right.So other than the cheesy large cotter pins that the pole comes with, and the lack of instructions, this is an excellent mast. Well worth the purchase!I couldn't be more pleased.

Very pleased with this mast. I got the 33' version and am pleased. No bending or flexing on top with a 3 Element YAGI antenna. The guy wire hookups are perfect and stabilize this mast on windiest of days. Easy to transport and put up. I did it solo but have lots of experience and equipment regarding these things. A helper is suggested. When extending or retracting the mast be sure to wear good leather gloves because you will get pinched painfully without them. Fully extended it stays more than secure. A very good mast for base operations.

Very durable, and easy to use. I use it for my Maco V 5/8 cb base station antenna. Works perfect! It MUST be guywire however.

Saw the SA Bell Review. Excellent review. I bought the things he listed plus, I will only add this to his parts to buy list. I had to buy the tools for the cables which drove up the costs. The parts and tools cost me what the antenna did. Add this part to SABell's List.Hard-to-Find Fastener 014973472832 Universal Clevis Pins, 3/8 x 2-1/2, Piece-5To use, pull out antenna and find where the compression ring connects to lower piece, Rheam out the 2nd (Pre Drilled Existing) hole in pipes with 3/8" Drill bit. slide the clevis pin thru clevis pin thru the entire lower pipe and connect with cotter pin so when the compression clamp fails due to wind sway the clevis pin will provide the fail safe for pipe to sit on and wont allow the mast to scope down.I bought ratchet straps, cut off all the nylon and am using these to take slack from the all metal cable guy lines. NO NylonReminds me of a scope up Drilling rig I worked on in the 1980s, LOL.In my application I had to install a new Ground at Base and Buy the clamp as I could not find a suitable ground.2 Person lift is fairly easy. Watch out for POWER LINES!!!!

Set up is fairly straight forward. Telescoping mast means it's easier to bring it up or down for adjustments or weather. Requires guy lines for heavier antennas or equipment but has convenient guy line attachment points per section. Guy wires and connecting hardware are not included. Pricey item but it's galvanized so, it should stand up to weather and time well.

There is no faster way to get an antenna up 33'. Our FM radio station needed an emergency mast after a windstorm took our 60' tower down. We were able to affix this Easy-up to an existing pole without using any guy wires. However, the guy wires are there if you need them for your build. The mast is heavy-duty, well constructed and stable. It's extremely heavy and is delivered in a 6 foot tube. Two people can easily hang an antenna and extend it to a maximum 33'. This is an inexpensive but reliable solution. It's can be uninstalled and stored as easy as it went up.

It actually worked well for what I needed. I was setting up a starlink antenna and this allowed me to get things up fairly quickly. I did some basic modifications, used a concrete base, guys wires and up and running in just a few days (did it in stages such as waiting for the concrete base to set with screw down bolts, etc.

This mast was a lot bigger and heavier than I expected. The packing tube it came in was a pain to get it out of, because of the 5000 staples they put in it kept scratching my hands and tearing up my gloves as I struggled to pull the mast out of it. No instructions or paper work included. guy lines and hooks not included.