Recent content by wyo123

I agree, I was trying to get away from the guy wires, But it is not really that big of a deal. I also wanted some way of raising lower for maintenece, Without spending 1,000's on a crane. Does anyone know the best way I would go about using the gin poles? I think you want the pole to be about...

NVN, I have thought about use a gin pole to raise the tower but I didnt think it would be feasible on a scale this size. My main problem was trying to raise the gin pole. I never thougth of useing a smaller gin pole to raise the larger pole. I would use a winch truck with block and tackles...

Hello, I have an aplication that I need some adivice on. I am building a 80' wind turbine and tower that I plan to raise and lower with a hydraulic cylinder. The Tower is 36" .468 wall pipe for 40' then necks down to 24" .375" wall pipe for 40 foot my calculations with the wind turbine says it...