I agree with the point of not putting it up that high. I just wanted to share that the legs are not designed to take a side load like that.
Regards, Chuck On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: > I never attach it to very top of leg. It goes in between where the Z > cross bars give it support. Model 25g sections are not heavy enough to > crush legs if you hoist nice and slow. The pole is as high as it can go > on attachment. We use two to three ropes depending on height and breeze > conditions. For heavier towers a crane would be used > > Jaime Solorza > On Apr 25, 2015 5:37 PM, "Chuck Hogg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just want to put this out there about using that kind of gin pole. I >> had one collapse a leg. We were stacking 20G Rohn. The bottom of the pole >> was put on the top portion of the section. There was no cross bracing >> attached to that 10" of section. The bang, slam, etc. of that on that day, >> made me cringe so hard. My climber thought the entire tower was coming >> down. So did we. Now we use cranes. $800 for a crane to put these up is >> well worth it. >> >> Regards, >> Chuck >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Ha. Guiding it to avoid getting reamed by air terminal. Pulley on >>> top and pulley at 4 ft on tower base makes it easy to hoist >>> >>> Jaime Solorza >>> On Apr 24, 2015 12:51 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Amazing strength lifting that tower section with one hand! >>>> >>>> bp >>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>> >>>> On 4/24/2015 6:38 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Voila ..last section about to be installed. >>>>> >>>>> Jaime Solorza >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>
