[TowerTalk] Wooden Gin Pole?

[Joe K2UF]

I don't know how much experience you have working at height.  A 12 foot 4x4
is unwieldly even at ground level.  A steel pipe is also hard to handle
because of the weight.  I have an aluminum gin pole with the standard
mounting hardware.  I would suggest you get a regular gin pole or at least a
2inch heavy wall aluminum pipe. Aluminum is cheaper than flesh and bones.

Good luck,

Joe K2UF    

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 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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