Any body got any ideas

[DansGreyMj]

i know this isnt really tech but, What is the best way to mount a flag in the back of my truck (Memorial day is coming up and i want one for that weekend)

[Pete M]

door flag or one on a pole?

[DansGreyMj]

door flag or one on a pole?

 

I'm talking full size on a pole

[Pete M]

I would avoid any plastic brackets for sure. The one on the house broke off during a wind storm, that can't bode well for traveling behind a truck. I wonder what exists for like RVs and such?

[Eagle]

There's an old veteran (you can imagine how old he must be if I'M calling him "old") who drives around Waterbury with twin American flags on the back of his Chevy pickup. I think the flags may be 4' x 6' -- they seem a bit larger than the typical 3' x 5' flags you see, but they may just look bigger on a truck than they do on a house. He has 1-1/2" steel pipe shoved into the stake pockets to support the flags. You'll be amazed just how much drag a piece of cloth creates at 45 MPH.

 

Unfortunately the MJ doesn't have stake pockets, so you have to look for other solutions. The key is to be sure you have a strong enough pole. Then maybe stand up the pole in a corner of the bed and use hose clamps to attach it to the tie-down loops? Dunno. Personally, I wouldn't do it at all ... not because I'm anti-flag, but because I'm pretty sure whatever I do is going to break, and I don't want to dump an American flag in the dirt.

[whowey]

Here is what I did to make flag mounts for our Jeep club for parades, shows and such.

 

I took a reciever draw bar, a couple pieces of thread rebar(all-thread would work) some nuts and a piece of schedule 40 conduit.

 

I cut the rebar so it would be about 4 feet about the drawbar after bolting it down. I then cut the conduit so it was long enough to go from the drawbar to the desired height.

 

Drill 2 holes for the clips, and wa-la. Flagpole strong enough to hold 4 x 6 flags, but breaks down in about 10 minutes.

 

I can't tell you the cost though. All the threaded bar came from my work, and one of my customers gave me the conduit.