installation to account for deviations in positioning fig1 is an example alignment system 100 in accordance with the technology of the present disclosure as illustrated the example alignment system 100 is implemented with footer 110 the footer 110 may be made out of concrete reinforced concrete or other material sufficient to support and transfer the load of the solar device to the ground a footer insert 120 is configured to be inserted within footer 110 in various embodiments the footer insert 120 may comprise stainless steel steel aluminum plastic carbon fiber or any metal alloy one or more of the above identified materials may be used in some embodiments a base tube 130 is configured to mate with the footer insert 120 in various embodiments the interaction between the base tube 130 and the footer insert 120 form the basis for translation and rotation along and around the z axis the z axis rotation and translation will be discussed with greater respect to fig6 a and 6b the base tube 130 may comprise stainless steel steel aluminum plastic carbon fiber or any metal alloy one or more of the above identified materials may be used in some embodiments the base tube 130 and the footer insert 120 may be affixed together after the solar device is mounted in the.