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Old 11-18-2007, 09:18 PM   #1
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Anyone got any "easy" way to raise and lower 36-48' poles? 2 -men..

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Old 11-18-2007, 09:52 PM   #2
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Put up your head bracket and tie a pulley to the head bracket, then run a rope through the pulley to the top of your pole
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Put up your head bracket and tie a pulley to the head bracket, then run a rope through the pulley to the top of your pole

Great idea. On the original alumapole literature They had an urban job-site photo of poles stacked up three high against a building. i always wondered how the hell did they put that system up?
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Great idea. On the original alumapole literature They had an urban job-site photo of poles stacked up three high against a building. i always wondered how the hell did they put that system up?
aluma pole doesn't recommend going higher than 48'
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aluma pole doesn't recommend going higher than 48'
They are supposedly approved by osha to 50 feet shoulder height. But hell i wouldn't recommend 35 feet LOL
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They are supposedly approved by osha to 50 feet shoulder height. But hell i wouldn't recommend 35 feet LOL
50' but aluma poles are 24' increments so 48'. 36' is my personal limit lol.
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