I went ahead and started a new thread about mounting the yagi, if you want to see it here it is, just didn't want to take this too far off topic.
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/any-problem-with-mounting-a-yagi-this-way.384748/
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/any-problem-with-mounting-a-yagi-this-way.384748/