JustDave wrote:
The rope broke on our 30 ft flagpole today. Is there a safe, inexpensive way
to get the new rope through the pulley, short of renting a man lift?

The pole is one piece hollow aluminum, about 6" in diameter at the bottom,
tapering down to maybe 3" diameter at the top. It's set 3 to 4 ft deep in
400 lbs of cement. Is it safe for a brave volunteer to shimmy up the pole? I
told him "NO" so far.

Thanks for any advice. Dave


You may need to rent a thirty foot A frame ladder. If your community is
served by a volunteer fire department they may be willing to help you
out. It is worth asking even a career fire department but many have
policies forbidding their staff from engaging in such service work in
order to reduce the cost of injury claims. Any sign contractor will
replace it for a fee but one hour of bucket truck service can be pretty
steep. If you know were the eat em up is for local trade people you
could offer a bucket truck crew some money to swing by...
--
Tom H