Are you sure that you’re not solving a problem that’s already been solved? People lift equipment up grain legs all the time. If there isn’t a permanent lifting device installed, I doubt a WISP will want to install one, more likely rig something temporary. Like an aluminum snatch block tied off to the structure, with another pulley travelling along the rope to carry the load.
This situation comes up all the time at towers, and you rig something. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 2:23 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gin pole for lifting gear up grain legs Perhaps instead use a pair of these to start with so you are not limited to a particular spacing between clamps. https://www.mccowntech.com/product_images/import/M-TOW-A.pdf Then a pipe, coupled to another pipe for the swivel etc etc. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 1:19 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gin pole for lifting gear up grain legs the mtows are 500lbs each? I would think so, the grain leg ones alot of times are this same concept, pipe sitting on a pin with a grease zerk on it and a sleeve or flat metal halfway up that it goes through, no bearings really. The middle sleeve is where the bulk of the force ends up i think On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 2:12 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: OK, but I could use my mount as the base and then the arm and pulley from your drawing on top, yes? Essentially an attachment to add on to my tower mounts? From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 1:03 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gin pole for lifting gear up grain legs the arms on the grain legs rotate over to drop your gear onto the platform instead of manhandling it over the rail. On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 1:58 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: https://www.mccowntech.com/product_images/import/M-TOW-P-36.PDF From: ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 12:57 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gin pole for lifting gear up grain legs OK, how about basing it on this: https://www.mccowntech.com/800-m-tow-p-36-36-inch-pipe-standoff/ From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 12:54 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gin pole for lifting gear up grain legs High level engineering drawing On Feb 3, 2017 12:50 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: Show me what is out there and show me how you would like it changed. I will make it. From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 11:47 AM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gin pole for lifting gear up grain legs Rohn makes a light weight one. I think Valmont makes one designed die a tower that puts the pulley or about 3 feet and is really handy for mounting disks on the side of towers. Chuck should make one. On Fri, Feb 3, 2017, 11:40 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: Find a crazy young guy, unmarried, no kids, orphans are the best. Make him sign a hold harmless. Pay him as a contractor to climb up and pull the stuff up. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 10:37 AM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gin pole for lifting gear up grain legs yard arm if youre on a leg, mot have a spot for attaching a rotating one most grain elevators either have one or where the radius of two bins intersect there is a steel beam a very dangerous but effective solution is harnessing your guy, put a pulley on his front loops and secure his back to the structure have him lean out 45 degrees, or bring up a light weight A frame, not as fun though On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com <mailto:darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> > wrote: Hey guys, I'm not sure if Gin Pole is the right term but we're looking for something like that for lifting things up our grain leg sites that will attach to the structure or our antenna pipes. This would allow us to attach our pulley above the structure so we can lift our gear up and over the railings at our sites. Any idea what exactly I should be looking for and any recommended products for us to look at? Thanks -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/> 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
