[TowerTalk] Wooden Gin Pole?

[Dan Cisson]

Nathan,, a 4 X 4 wooden "pole" would be VERY heavy and VERY dangerous...
Spend the time to find a 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 square aluminum pole....you will need 
it 14 ft long...
I have 2 of them,, and they use NO clamps at all,, but have slotted hooks 
that fall into the angle members of Rohn 25, 35, 45, and 55 G--It fits them 
all ...I have set hundreds of sections of tower with this pole,, and it’s 
the best I have ever seen. It will handle loads of 200 lbs easily. I can 
send you and anyone photos of the gin pole. It is so simple,, and easy to 
work with... Get a good pole and it makes tower work so easy....73,, Dan 
N4GNR

-----Original Message----- 
From: Linux Mercedes
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 5:57 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Wooden Gin Pole?

I'm finding out that it's rather tricky to get large aluminum pipe out my
way, especially something 12+ feet long.

I was thinking about building one from square steel tube, but I don't know
if that'd be too heavy for me to easily move around the tower, or too heavy
for the tower itself (Rohn 25G).

I also realized that a 12' 4x4 is about $15. If I rig it right so that I
get very little angular loading on it, would that suffice?

Thanks,
--Nathan
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