More Birds ® Metal Bird Feeder Pole, Black, 78-inch

crate pole for bird feeders as it's easy to put one of those clear plastic large squirrel baffles on and secure before putting the top pieces on. May be finally successful outsmarting the squirrels to not be able to get the to the bird feeders. Assembly was easy and I bang some small narrow rocks in around the base in the ground to give an extra security from wobbling if it rained or something. I even put part of one of those solar lights in the top pole opening and it looks really great at night. oh yes ignore the slinky because that was easy for the squirrels to figure out by gripping between it.

The Stokes Select 78” Bird Feeder Pole has two hangers that can be attached at the top of the pole or farther down if so desired. The pole came in 5 pieces. The first piece was a section of pole that had to be buried in the ground. To do this, I had to thoroughly soak with water the area of the ground I was placing my pole. The piece to bury was spiked at the bottom. I shoved this piece into the ground about an inch. Then directions called for me to place a two by four on top of the spiked pole, then hammer it with a rubber mallet until it was completely buried. I got it most of the way in the ground, but I couldn't get the last inch in. Then I connected each of the next three pole pieces into the previous one. When I was done with that, I placed the hanger at the top of the pole and tightened it with a hand twist screw that pushes into the pole. I haven't gotten my bird feeders to hang from it yet, but I pushed and pulled on the pole and hanger, and the pole only moves around slightly because the pole piece is a bit skinnier than the spiked piece. The spiked piece did not move in the ground at all. So, I would say it is fairly sturdy, and I like the way it looks in my yard.