So this is the first time I've seen something like this.

[AndersHerp]

The longer you look, the worse it gets.

 

[Boudica]

Funny that it's a sign for a health department. yikes.

 

[AndersHerp]

Funny that it's a sign for a health department. yikes.

That's just a few of the issues with this project. Sales had the easy job of just bidding the project, permitting it is a whole different ordeal.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Seen something like what? Lamps going though the pole?

 

[gnubler]

Looks like Jethro and his drinking buddy provided 'lectrical connections at some point.

 

[JBurton]

TIL; Folks in Wichita keep their signs clean?
This is pretty much the norm for something in my neck of the woods after 10 years. The lamps going through the pole isn't too unusual, but usually you see the purpose built steel, not a bunch of torched holes like this, but at least they gave you enough room to get them out with one face off, instead of removing both faces cause the lamps collide when trying to remove them. Oh and hell, they even gave you access panels to slide the lamps straight out.
The butt weld on that pipe isn't exactly confidence boosting, but it's low enough that catastrophic failure looks limited to hurting the grass.
I'll leave it with a perfect 5/7, would relamp and replace faces, avoid LED conversion as that pipe's going to show up badly.

 

[netsol]

Looks like Jethro and his drinking buddy provided 'lectrical connections at some point.

i ALWAYS SAY, keep thecliquor cabinet locked, until the job is done...

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

TIL; Folks in Wichita keep their signs clean?
This is pretty much the norm for something in my neck of the woods after 10 years. The lamps going through the pole isn't too unusual, but usually you see the purpose built steel, not a bunch of torched holes like this, but at least they gave you enough room to get them out with one face off, instead of removing both faces cause the lamps collide when trying to remove them. Oh and hell, they even gave you access panels to slide the lamps straight out.
The butt weld on that pipe isn't exactly confidence boosting, but it's low enough that catastrophic failure looks limited to hurting the grass.
I'll leave it with a perfect 5/7, would relamp and replace faces, avoid LED conversion as that pipe's going to show up badly.

Common here too. Someone's pipe was too short and they found some scrap

 

[Boudica]

Common here too. Someone's pipe was too short and they found some scrap

He says from "experience".........

 

[AndersHerp]

TIL; Folks in Wichita keep their signs clean?
This is pretty much the norm for something in my neck of the woods after 10 years. The lamps going through the pole isn't too unusual, but usually you see the purpose built steel, not a bunch of torched holes like this, but at least they gave you enough room to get them out with one face off, instead of removing both faces cause the lamps collide when trying to remove them. Oh and hell, they even gave you access panels to slide the lamps straight out.
The butt weld on that pipe isn't exactly confidence boosting, but it's low enough that catastrophic failure looks limited to hurting the grass.
I'll leave it with a perfect 5/7, would relamp and replace faces, avoid LED conversion as that pipe's going to show up badly.

I've only been in the industry going on 5 years now, I have never seen this before, and I've seen some wild things in my baby tenure lol. But those are LED retrofit sticks in the sign already. The thing I didn't show, is how far the pole tilts to one side. But our issue is they want to retrofit EMC boards into the existing cabinet. Which is the only way the city will allow a permit at the size they want, because this sign is somehow bigger than what the zone allows. So you know, it's just a circus.

 

[gnubler]

Someone using the side of that cabinet for target practice? Looks like it's shell shocked.

With that lean, it looks like the sign has been drinking along with its installers.

I encountered this one a couple years ago. My customer told me who originally made it and said it was a fiasco from the start. It had already fallen down once, and had a bunch of sketchy welding work done around the frame and looked like it was about to tip over again.

 

[JBurton]

Someone using the side of that cabinet for target practice? Looks like it's shell shocked.

With that lean, it looks like the sign has been drinking along with its installers.

I encountered this one a couple years ago. My customer told me who originally made it and said it was a fiasco from the start. It had already fallen down once, and had a bunch of sketchy welding work done around the frame and looked like it was about to tip over again.

Y'all got small problems... let me know if anybody would like to see the video of the FOAM THEY SET THIS 15' WIDE SIGN IN!
This was hit by a car, moved about 8', then blew over by a relatively minor storm. Oh, and for the crazy part, look at that pipe on that plate...

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

wtf... they need to shift that sign over 3"?

 

[JBurton]

wtf... they need to shift that sign over 3"?

Looks like 3" of cut pipe shifted, and 3" shifted on the plate, so 6" all together... 6" that nobody would have noticed, the thing is 10' back from the road on a bend, so it's facing straight down a section of road. Let me know if you want to know who to avoid sign co wise in AR...

 

[DL Signs]

Those booger welds that penetrated nothing make me sad to look at...

 

[JBurton]

Those booger welds that penetrated nothing make me sad to look at...

Especially compared to the stack of dimes weld on the aluminum.