The safest way for ME to move the gin pole is to holler
up from the ground and tell the crew what to do.
Then when it's all over and everyone is safe on the ground,
hand them all a cold one:-)
Sorry, I couldn't resist!
73's
RoD
KD0XX
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail,
A TRUE friend will be sitting next to you saying.....
"DAMN THAT WAS FUN"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dick Green WC1M
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:01 AM
> To: 'R Atkins'; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How do you move a gin pole *safely* up the
> tower?
>
>
> It sounds like you're not collapsing the gin pole (bringing the
> head down to
> the clamp) when you are trying to move it. That definitely makes it much
> harder to attach the clamp.
>
> I tried it a couple of different ways:
>
> 1. Leaving the rope tied to the section you just raised, climb down to the
> clamp, loosen the pole set screw and let the pole slide down to the clamp.
> Tie the rope around the head so that it can't slide through. Remove the
> clamp from the tower and let the gin pole dangle from the rope. Climb back
> up to the top of the section you just installed and use the rope
> to haul the
> clamp/head up to your level. Attach the clamp to the tower, untie the rope
> from the head of the gin pole, loosen the set screw, extend the gin pole,
> and tighten the set screw.
>
> The hard part of this method is lifting the pole up to your level. If you
> use a separate pulley and rope it will be a lot easier (can be done by the
> ground crew), but that involves more climbing and rigging.
>
> 2. Leaving the rope tied to the section you just raised, tie the
> rope around
> the head of the pole so the rope can't slide through. Climb down to the
> clamp and remove it from the tower. The pole will be dangling from the top
> of the section you just installed. Slide the clamp up the pole as
> you climb
> back up to the head. This will require loosening the set screw to
> slide the
> clamp and tightening the set screw so you can let go to climb.
> When you get
> there, attach the clamp to the tower, untie the rope from the head, extend
> the gin pole, and tighten the set screw.
>
> The hard part of this method is having to clip and unclip yourself to the
> tower in order to free a hand to loosen the set screw, slide it up, and
> tighten the set screw. You also have to be careful not to drop
> the clamp or
> it will fall all the way to the ground. I attached a safety line to the
> clamp to prevent this.
>
> I'd be interested to hear how the pros do this. I consider it probably the
> hardest part of stacking a tower.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: R Atkins [mailto:rusty_atkins@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:18 PM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] How do you move a gin pole *safely* up the tower?
> >
> > Hey all! Things all going rather well, we are up to 35 feet so far.
> > other than a few mis-starts, all is good except for one thing... How do
> > you get the gin pole *safely* up to the next level? It seems like
> > ideally they would have two clamps (I don't know if that's right or
> > not)... but this one doesn't.
> >
> > When I get it up to where I need to mount it, it becomes *very*
> > unwieldy. The leverage 8-10 feet up makes it nearly impossible to keep
> > vertical with one hand while I try to clamp it to the tower leg with my
> > other hand.
> >
> > If you can help.. please reply directly as we are stacking
> > sections/building the tower as I write this.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Rusty
> > K0FE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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