I'd probably do that with the standard Rohn gin pole or equivalent, but I
used a heavy-duty gin pole from WB0B for my Rohn 55. It's a *lot* heavier
than the Rohn gin pole. It might have worked to tie the gin pole to my belt,
but I was afraid it would get a lot of momentum going when it swung to and
fro, and might pull me right off the tower!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeremy-ca [mailto:km1h@jeremy.mv.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:42 AM
> To: wc1m@msn.com; 'R Atkins'; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How do you move a gin pole *safely* up the
> tower?
>
> Ive done it this way for over 40 years:
>
> With the pole down and the rope knotted as already mentioned I tie the
> clamp
> to another harness around my body (actually a shortened nylon boat
> strap
> these days) and simply walk it up. The gin pole isnt heavy and I was
> around
> 145# when I first did it; Ive "matured" a bit since then!
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m@msn.com>
> To: "'R Atkins'" <rusty_atkins@yahoo.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:00 AM
> 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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