Re: [BVARC] Looking for a gun pole to borrow
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 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/ > 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/
Re: [BVARC] Looking for a gun pole to borrow
> 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/
Re: [BVARC] Looking for a gun pole to borrow
I have to take down my rohn 25 tower as I am selling my house and would like to borrow a gin pole. Thanks, Tony N5RPQ 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/
