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1. [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Drax Felton" <draxfelton@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:19:50 -0500; Does anyone know what knot would be best for lifting a mast pipe up and into the rotor using a gin pole? I need something that won't let the pipe slip through, but I also don't want a hole, or someth; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00708.html (7,205 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "chris casey" <cscvrp@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:33:35 -0600; http://www.animatedknots.com/ There are some hitch knots described there with references to lifting poles/spars. A very nice site to just wander around if nothing else. But I don't make any recommend; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00709.html (8,183 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:36:45 -0600; would a "round turn and two half hitches" work _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://l; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00710.html (8,819 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "W7TMT" <w7tmt@dayshaw.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:02:42 -0800; As a longtime sailor I would strongly recommend the "icicle hitch". As the name implies you can hoist something as slippery as an icicle with it. Numerous YouTube clips out there that demo it. Meets; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00711.html (8,594 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: Hector Garcia XE2K <j_hector_garcia@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:06:03 -0800 (PST); Drax There is a lot of information around and here you receive a good info but if you have a doubt of your knot , always will trust in a clamp above the knot to stop it to slip over the mast safety; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00712.html (8,967 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:36:46 -0800; A few half hitches around the pipe should do the trick. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00713.html (7,808 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Jim Walker" <jim@walkersdomain.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:39:43 -0600; I like the idea of securing the rope to the mast just above where the thrust bearing or tower top will be with the mast inserted into the rotor. This also prevents the rope from interfering with gett; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00714.html (9,040 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Jim Hargrave" <w5ifp@gvtc.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:24:05 -0800; Drax, I use a regular open rope hook at the bottom of the pole and a single reverse loop near the top of the pipe. You dont even need to tie a knot. This way the loop at the top will keep the pole up; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00715.html (9,363 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Bill Gillenwater" <gillie@pa.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:28:34 -0500; Half-hitches have always worked for me. Masts up to 24 feet and weighing over 200 lbs. 73 Bill K3SV into want _______________________________________________ _________________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00716.html (8,698 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Dan Zimmerman N3OX" <n3ox@n3ox.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:42:23 -0500; Hm, I'm changing my vote to that one ;-) Thanks for the link... I do agree with XE2K that a clamp above the rope couldn't hurt though ;-) Dan _______________________________________________ ________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00717.html (8,161 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: Hector Garcia XE2K <j_hector_garcia@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:58:31 -0800 (PST); Bill Agree with you, have used that know in several - hundreds of works- commercial repeater antennas, mast, brackets, hard line ,gin poles, etc etc But if you have not much experience using; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00718.html (10,164 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:04:33 EST; into the rotor using a gin pole? Ah, amateurs vs. knots. Unfortunately most hams don't know any knots. When I'm working up on a tower and I ask for something to be tied and lifted, what I usually win; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00719.html (9,351 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:50:07 -0800; probably a bit pricey for a one shot deal, but maybe you know someone who has them.. soft slings are even nicer (they're a tough fabric tube with unwoven fibers inside).. think of kernmantle rope wit; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00722.html (10,049 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:15:58 -0500; ...snip... OK - I was never a licensed rigger (disclaimer), but did a BUNCH of years of rigging all sorts of stuff (my foreman WAS licensed) A nylon sling is great - but not really what _I_ would wan; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00723.html (11,010 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:00:34 +0000; Sad but true. Most of the time, a bowline and a couple of end-to-end rope-splicing knots will go a long way for most ham antenna work. Good knots are easy to tie, stay tied when you want them to, and; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00730.html (10,428 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:02:39 -0800; Exactly, sort of like a choker, except 3 or 4 turns through. They're not all that slippery (it's more like a cordura style canvas covering, just softer). That works well. I used to tie the clove hitc; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00731.html (11,839 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:16:13 -0800; Timberhitch would work good. Tightens up real well, and slips loose when you are done. Here's a link to youtube to show how to tie one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7-kQKCCCRQ&feature=related 73; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00732.html (8,775 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:36:24 -0500; ...snip.... Yes, that's the normal way - heck, the clove hitch was usually done as two loops passed over - one way to tie them Yep - never dropped a load. Stop, think, and if you don't KNOW what your; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00733.html (9,420 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: John Hudson <jd_hudson@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:32:10 -0600; After 22 years of full time firefighter and learning many different knots for different situations, I would use the ole AXE KNOT Thats the knot you tie real good and have to use an axe to take it off; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00735.html (8,270 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1): Author: "W7TMT" <w7tmt@dayshaw.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:48:05 -0800; Doug et al, As you noted the Prusik is another excellent choice. It should easily meet most amateur mast lifting requirements and is actually a bit easier to tie than the Icicle Hitch. (The Icicle Hi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00736.html (14,223 bytes)

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