Posted by mike stone on Thursday, September 04, 2003 at 8:56PM :
In Reply to: Am I to conclude? posted by RDavis on Thursday, September 04, 2003 at 6:12PM :
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Gin Poles - thanks Willy-N
it is all spelled out
a REAL GIN POLE is
a Vertical Member/Mast used for vertical lifts
big ones (40 to 60 ft) used for transmission line construction before sky cranes
small ones still used to erect guyed comm towers
I might be the only one on this forum who has
seen one in use ( a long time ago I was too young at the time to work on erection the crew ) erecting transmission towers - have films of the rigging and the use
mike stone
Ed C. who has never seen one will disagree
but thats ok he is now a Volvo guy
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