Recommended Flagpoles

Ground-Set, Cone-Tapered Aluminum Flagpoles

Flags By Susan offers a huge variety of flagpoles, for all types of flags and all types of situations. For most commercial operations, where your flag(s) are flying every day and are part of your “curb appeal”, we highly recomend investing in Ground-Set, Cone-Tapered Aluminum Flagpole(s). We also offer a large variety of options, designed to fit the environment the flagpole must withstand, along with your budget and the look you want.

General Information

Our cone-tapered ground-set aluminum flagpoles are precision fabricated from new, 6063-T6 tubing utilizing the industry’s most sophisticated, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. The conical portion tapers approximately 1” in every 5½ feet. Poles with overall lengths of less than 38½ feet are shipped in one piece. Longer lengths are shipped in sections and will be factory fitted with a self-aligning sleeve which requires no field welding. Upon proper assembly a hair-line joint will occur. All poles are double spiral wrapped with protective paper and shipped in a hard fiber tube.

Warning: The flagpole shaft will stain if allowed to remain in contact with wet or damp wrappings. If there is any sign that the shaft or its shipping tube has come in contact with water during shipment, remove it from the tube and unwrap immediately. If the shaft is to be stored outdoors, it must be stored unwrapped, and off the ground. If the shaft is to be stored indoors, it may be left in the wrappings and the tube, provided that it shows no sign of having been exposed to moisture, and that it will not be exposed to moisture during storage.

All foundation dimensions listed on this website are intended as general guidelines only in good, firm, dry soil. It is recommended to consult an engineer for specific foundation dimensions suited to your exact location.

Warning: Extreme care must be exercised when installing flagpoles near overhead power lines or when digging in the vicinity of buried cable or piping. Contact your local authorities before any digging.

Standard Finishes

All flagpole shafts are highly polished with fine grain aluminum oxide cloth resulting in a high quality, deep satin lustre finish. This finish represents the ultimate in architectural finishes for aluminum flagpoles. The elegant, soft sheen remains maintenance free. In addition to satin, the following anodized finishes are available as standard colors: clear, light bronze #311, medium bronze #312, dark bronze #313 and black #335.

Note: Of the three bronze finishes, dark bronze #313 is supplied unless otherwise specified.

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Custom Finishes

In addition to the above standard finishes, we offer alternate finishes which may suit particular job conditions better. Among these are: Kalcolor (light amber, amber, gold and statuary bronze), Kynar 500 (your choice of color), Duracron-baked acrylic (your choice of color) or gold anodized (shafts up to 20 feet).

Wind Chart

The map below shows the maximum steady wind expected at an elevation of thirty feet above ground level within a fifty-year period of recurrence. Areas with the same maximum constant or steady wind speed are indicated. Because wind speeds are usually not constant, and gusts are involved, flagpoles ( both flagged and unflagged) are listed on this website with a constant wind speed and a 1.3 gust factor.

Warning: Recommended flag sizes throughout this website do not represent a warranty that the flag size shown may be safely flown in all wind speeds. Personal injury, flagpole damage or property damage can occur when flying oversized flags and banners or flying flags in higher winds than recommended. Flagpoles and their associated wind speeds listed assume that ten percent of the overall length of the flagpole is buried per or recommendations at or near ground level. Special engineering may be required for other applications such as wall or roof mounted flagpoles.

Design of safe flagpoles requires knowledge of the loads to which they will be subjected. Principal load acting on flagpoles is wind load and that load must be carefully determined. Maximum wind speeds to which flagpoles are exposed depend on geographical location, whether or not it is in the center of a large city, a small town’s outskirts, seashore, at ground level or on the roof of a high building. Wind speeds generally are higher along coastal areas than inland. They are also higher in open country than in the center of cities. Wind speed also becomes greater as height above ground increases. Wind exerts a force on the pole as well as the flag, thus both loads must be added to determine total load. Flags of different sizes are designed to be flown from different poles. Obviously, it is important that flagpoles be selected which are capable of supporting the largest flag intended to be flown in the highest wind speed to which it will be subjected. Loads on flagpoles are resisted by the mounting foundation, roof or wall to which it is secured.

Ground-Set Cone-Tapered Aluminum Flagpoles

Below are a few of the recommended styles of Ground-Set Cone-Tapered Aluminum Flagpoles offered by Flags By Susan:

Hurricane Series Flagpoles

This series of flagpoles is designed to withstand the worst that mother nature can bring and survive, year after year! A must for costal areas that face the potential every year of storms with hurricane force winds. But this series can provide piece of mind no matter where you live, even if it is inland. Available in heights from 25 feet to 50 feet.

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