HI Have a look at http://www.pi4com.nl/160vert.htm Here we pull a 130 feet tower from horizontal to vertical bij hand. Thats me at picture number 2 10 years ago and helping PI4COM to get it right don
The short answer is that a GOOD rigger, in the area of rigging that he knows (and it's usually a he, but I've seen 1-2 excellent women riggers) can do amazing things, quickly, easily, with no fuss, a
That is commonly called the 'falling derrick' method of raising a tower. One description of how to do it: http://www.n6rk.com/falling_derrick_gme/falling_derrick_gme.html Note that the pole in this c
This sounds like a variant of the falling derrick technique described on this list a few times by Rick, N6RK (I think he has pictures and diagrams on his website, too). A key question would be how lo