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Re: [TowerTalk] Gin Pole for AN Wireless - Recommendation Needed

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gin Pole for AN Wireless - Recommendation Needed
From: "Glenn Thorne" <gathorne@traer.net>
Reply-to: Glenn Thorne <gathorne@traer.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:36:25 -0600
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Go with #3, it's worth every penny.  Those 10 ft sections are *heavy*.  I 
put up an HD-80 this fall.  Had it shiped in pieces and bolted it together 
in two 40 ft. sections, then hired a crane.

Pics at http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/gathorne/Tower/

73, Glenn/KD0Q

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Divinia Darin" <wg5j@me.com>
To: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <K7LXC@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gin Pole for AN Wireless - Recommendation Needed


> Why are you yelling?
>
> Sure I have talked to Dan at AN Wireless.  He has been very helpful.
>
> Now since many of you seem to be focused on the initial installation;
> Dan and I discussed three methods:
>
> 1. Assemble piece by piece as you go.  Since the tower is a bolt
> together product, that is a possibility.
> 2. Use a heavy duty gin pole and stack it.
> 3 Use a crane.
>
> There are certainly pros and cons to all the above.
>
> I have ruled out #1.
> I am researching #2
> I am getting quotes on #3.
>
> I am looking at the life of tower ownership, not just the initial
> aspects of it.  So, I am considering doing  #2 and #3.
>
> Dan does not sell a gin pole.  So, I figured as part of my research I
> would hit up towertalk.
>
> Regards,
> D.
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> Darin Divinia
> wg5j@me.com
>
> On Dec 1, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Richards wrote:
>
>> Did you ask AN-Wireless what THEY recommend?
>>
>>        IF SO WHAT DID THEY SAY??
>>
>> Thanks.   ============  K8JHR  ==============
>>
>> Divinia Darin wrote:
>>> Can anybody recommend a ginpole setup for the AN Wireless towers?
>>
>> ==============================================
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