A Gin pole? See what happens when your neighbors find out that you just got a Case backhoe!
On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 3:19 PM R.S.Hradilek via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > I have to take down my rohn 25 tower as I am selling my house and would > like to borrow a gin pole. > > I've got one, but I am totally burned out on all these people that > want to "borrow" a gin pole - for free of course. I've loaned mine > out too many times. > > A gin pole is an expensive item, currently retailing for about $1200. > That's not what I paid since I've had mine since the 70's. I would > sell it for half the retail price and include about 200' of rope. > THAT is a good deal. It's the one made by Rohn for 25G/45G. > > When we loan out a gin pole, we may never see it again. > > Also, it may be MONTHS until we get it back, and we may need to track > down who we lent it to. Who was that guy? Get their phone number. > > If the borrower failed to complete the tower project in a single day, > he probably left the gin pole on the tower for a week or two - or a > month (or 2 or 3). So the rope is rotted. > > If asked to replace the rope, they go to Home Depot and buy the > cheapest rope on display. Plastic. Hams are cheap MF'ers. So yes, my > once beautiful 200' rope is now the cheap Home Depot plastic. > > So I am not going to be the nice guy anymore. My gin pole is for > RENT. $100 per week. I also demand a DEPOSIT of an additional $500 > (cash or crypto stablecoin) which will be refunded if returned in > good condition. Otherwise, you keep it. > > Roy -- AD5Q > 281-443-2324 > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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