[TowerTalk] How to point a beam straight up (lomg)

[Chad_Kurszewski@csg.mot.com (WE9V Chad Kurszewski)]

At 05:12 PM 10/8/98 -0600, T A RUSSELL wrote:
>
>The use of a gin pole for the pull-up support
>when raising a beam vertically away from the
>tower can put an excessive side load on the
>gin pole.

Unless the gin pole is fully retracted, as in my case.
Sorry I forgot to mention that.

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