Title: Manufacturing defects made pole hard to assemble.
Product review: Pole arrived on time and was as described. The sections of the pole must be assembled by inserting one section into another. Unfortunately, burrs and sizing problems made it very difficult to assemble. It was finally assembled with the use of a grinder, mallet, and hack saw. If it had been easier to assemble, it would have been rated at 3 or 4 stars.Update January 2011. This pole has been up for a few months, but was destroyed during the first significant winter storm, a blizzard with about 20 to 30 mph winds. The wind bent it so far over that the pole buckled about 8 inches above ground level. (I had taken the flag down before the storm struck to reduce wind resistance.) I have neighbors who've had flag poles up for over 20 years without any problems. This pole was difficult to assemble because of poor quality control and the metal is too weak to withstand normal New England winter storm conditions.
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