Usually referred to as a "gin pole"

wrote:
What you are building is basically a windmill tower. I doubt the FAA is
going to get very worried about a tower that is only a little taller than
the trees.

As far as erecting it, do a Google on "Rohn," a major manufacturer of
communications towers of all descriptions. A look at their on-line catalog
might give you some useful ideas.

Rohn makes (or at least used to make) an erection fixture which was
basically a piece of aluminum pipe with some sliding clamps on it and a
pulley at the top. You clamp it to the existing tower section and use it to
hoist the next section into place. Then, you slide the upper clamps up to
the next section, slide up the lower clamps and finally slide up the pipe.
Using it, two men could easily put up a 100 ft. tower in an afternoon...

Jerry

"Jess" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I'm considering building a tower.


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