[TowerTalk] another source for gin poles

[Robert Neece]

Received the following interesting comments from W7GG:

>from my experience the wb0w clamps (it takes 2 each) are awkward to
>wk with and heavy.....i prefer the rohn styly .... lighter and easy to move 
>the gin pole by one person......the  rohn unit wks with r25,45 and 55 but it 
>is to
>pricey fer sure......i had a clone fabricated by paul, k7pn for a fair price
>and used it to raise 180ft of of r55 and k5iu rotating twr sections that are 
>very
>heavy with no probs.......if u want, contack paul at:   paulnyl@teleport.com
>
>he is an excellent welder and metal worker as well as a professional climber.

73 de Bob, K0KR

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