[TowerTalk] Mast install help

[Michael Tope]

In the past I've used a piece 20ft piece of 1.5 inch schedule 80 
aluminum pipe (1.9 inch O.D. / 1.5 inch I.D.) with a 12ft piece of 1.5 
inch O.D. aluminum tubing (I believe it was 0.25" wall) inserted into 
the bottom 12 ft of the 20ft pipe to reinforce it. I used that pipe/tube 
assembly with a WB0W gin pole pulley and clamp to install a 24 ft x 
0.25in wall chrome-moly mast in a Rohn 25 tower. The extra length from 
the 20ft long water pipe allows you to grab the mast above its center of 
gravity and still clear the top of the tower.

73, Mike W4EF...............

On 1/24/2022 6:55 AM, gc wrote:
> I've a 22ft chromoly mast and am wondering if I will get this installed at
> the moment (without a crane).
>
> Right now, I have 40ft of R55, and I thought I would raise the mast and
> drop it into the yet to be completed tower (easier to do in my mind) vs
> trying to stab it into the bearing when the tower is completed.
>
> How have others dealt with a 22ft mast, when you have a 12ft gin
> pole.......what am I missing to get this done?
>
> Greg
> N5IF