[TowerTalk] Gin Pole Head / Pulley

[Jim Lux]

I would think the marine supply place will also have ways to attach the
pulley to the top of a sailboat mast, which looks remarkably like a gin pole
with a pulley at the top?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <kb5urq at hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:19 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Gin Pole Head / Pulley


Looking through the archives I've found little on the specific topic of gin
pole heads (I call them pulleys, but WB0W has them listed as "heads").

One idea I got was to use some a pulley from a marine supply store.  These
pulleys are rated for around 1000 puonds of working force and have breaking
forces in the 3000 pound range-- sufficiently strong enough to handle the
Rohn 25G that I want to put up...

One problem I've run into is a good way to mount the marine pulley to the
pole itself.  It appears WB0W's pole head has a build-on clamp that slides
on top of the pole.  Any alternatives out there?  If you feel this is not a
good/safe idea, I'd like to hear from you as well.

Thanks,

Jason
KB5URQ
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