magneticanomaly
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2007
- Location
- On Elk Mountain, West Virginia, USA
Back in the late 1970's lineman told me about, maybe showed me, a device he called a "gin" (clearly derived from "gin pole"), which he used in the days before ubiquitous boom-trucks.
If you want to hoist a transformer up to the top of a pole, or a beam onto a similarly located tenon, the pole is by definition not tall enough to provide a place to lift from. Enter the "gin". Mine are a 4 ft piece of 2" pipe, with two pairs of angle-iron legs welded on near one end, providing a vee which nests the pole. Add a chain and binder between the leg. Photo shows one lifting a ridge-pole to the top of king-post for addition to toolshed yesterday. Sorry about the leaves in the way.
If you want to hoist a transformer up to the top of a pole, or a beam onto a similarly located tenon, the pole is by definition not tall enough to provide a place to lift from. Enter the "gin". Mine are a 4 ft piece of 2" pipe, with two pairs of angle-iron legs welded on near one end, providing a vee which nests the pole. Add a chain and binder between the leg. Photo shows one lifting a ridge-pole to the top of king-post for addition to toolshed yesterday. Sorry about the leaves in the way.