[TowerTalk] rigging for lifting a heavy mast?

[n4zkf]

We haul stuff up towers everyday with the Marline Hitch or Single Hitch as
it's called. A Little tape at the bottom so it doesn't slip in the
beginning and your off to the races.


73 Dave n4zkf
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On 11/8/13 8:21 AM, "Earl Morse" <kz8e at wt.net> wrote:

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>>I'm going to be installing a 20' heavy steel mast in my tower (a Trylon
>>72' self-supporting tower).  I will be renting a crane to lift the mast
>>and drop it from above.  What >kind of rigging do I use on the mast so
>>it can be lifted up vertically, without the sling slipping up off the
>>top of the mast?
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>I have always used a clove hitch with an extra turn (
>http://www.realknots.com/knots/hitches.htm#mwvsl  ) which I tie just
>above center of gravity on the mast to prevent tipping on the way up.
>Never knew it was called a rolling or magnus hitch.  To ensure that this
>doesn't slide I usually put a muffler clamp on the pipe for the knot to
>pull against.  A 22 ft. mast is just about at the limit of my gin pole so
>sometimes I tie a tag line (loop) from the lifting line to the top of the
>mast in order to prevent tipping.
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>Tie it good.  If I remember right that mast weighed nearly 200 lbs and
>was quite a pull.
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>Earl
>N8SS
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