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Manually raising a heavy pole... best method
Posted on 1/5/17 at 1:46 am
Posted on 1/5/17 at 1:46 am
Ok this is what I have. 2 Poles 20 ft long. Creosote poles that has been split down the middle so that it is in two pieces, giving me 4 poles.
The poles at its biggest are about 40 inches around... if measured before it was spit in too halves.
I am going to use the poles as legs for a shooting house.
So manually, with only two people to work and no tractor to lift it, what is the best way to stand that sucker up.
I plan on digging a hole for each leg to drop into. I have plenty of rope and a couple of come-alongs.
The poles at its biggest are about 40 inches around... if measured before it was spit in too halves.
I am going to use the poles as legs for a shooting house.
So manually, with only two people to work and no tractor to lift it, what is the best way to stand that sucker up.
I plan on digging a hole for each leg to drop into. I have plenty of rope and a couple of come-alongs.
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Posted on 1/5/17 at 3:25 am to omegaman66
Mexicans
Posted on 1/5/17 at 5:36 am to omegaman66
Not even a truck or four wheeler?
Posted on 1/5/17 at 5:58 am to omegaman66
Any big trees nearby? Throw a rope over a sturdy branch and hoist. That's all I got.
OR Kid's swingset?
OR Kid's swingset?
This post was edited on 1/5/17 at 5:59 am
Posted on 1/5/17 at 6:14 am to ChenierauTigre
A big drone.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 6:32 am to omegaman66
Rent a tractor with a frontend loader
Posted on 1/5/17 at 6:38 am to omegaman66
I'm not saying your going to die. But, your probably going to die.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 6:53 am to omegaman66
Can you get a truck or 4 wheeler where you will be setting it up? If so set the bottom of the pole near the first hole. Raise up the end opposite of the hole and sit on the tailgate, get in back the truck and have someone back up slowly while you walk it up, It shouldn't be that heavy. You only really need to man handle one. After that, tie off your chainfall to the top of that one and use it to help stand up the next 3. Just brace the first one off really good.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 7:59 am to omegaman66
if you have tree near by, you can get a couple of chokers, a rope, snatch block and a come-a-long and you should be in business. Oh and get some good cribbing in case something breaks. We have a 30 foot ladder stand at our club that we fabricated and put it up with a snatch block and an ATV with a winch.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:06 am to omegaman66
An make sure someone is videoing this when you stand this thing up.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:12 am to omegaman66
Pike poles. I took part in planting a ~45' telephone pole in a Shreveport back lot once. Was a party.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:19 am to omegaman66
Can you use 2 of the poles to make an A frame and hoist the other 2? Then somehow use the lifted poles to raise the poles used for the A frame?
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:33 am to omegaman66
Once you split it, a few guys could probably just walk it up. If not, use a come along, two farm jacks, and two guide wires. When you secure the wires, make sure you can slip them off once the pole is standing. You don't have to seure the guide wires at the top of the pole. You can even bring them lower on the pole as the pole starts to stand. Lag bolts are your friend, use them for the jack and guide wires.
lift pole with jack, bring second jack as far down on the pole as possible and start lifting, repeat. The guide wires will keep the pole from moving left or right once it's high enough you can no longer reach it. Once it's secure in the hole and secured left to right, pull with the come along in the middle of the pole and that sucker will stand right up. Don't drop the pole on your truck, and work on the low end, if it starts to fall, run twoards the hole.
Edit- park twice as far away as you think you need to.
lift pole with jack, bring second jack as far down on the pole as possible and start lifting, repeat. The guide wires will keep the pole from moving left or right once it's high enough you can no longer reach it. Once it's secure in the hole and secured left to right, pull with the come along in the middle of the pole and that sucker will stand right up. Don't drop the pole on your truck, and work on the low end, if it starts to fall, run twoards the hole.
Edit- park twice as far away as you think you need to.
This post was edited on 1/5/17 at 8:40 am
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:40 am to Barf
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Don't drop the pole on your truck, and work on the low end, if it starts to fall, run twoards the hole
Lulz
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:44 am to wickowick
We dropped one about the same size on the cab of a dozer. would have been cheaper if it landed on my truck 
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:58 am to omegaman66
20' poles should weigh approximately 500 lbs.
If they are split in half they should be around 250 lbs.
2 guys should be able to lift that up into the pre-dug hole.
If they are split in half they should be around 250 lbs.
2 guys should be able to lift that up into the pre-dug hole.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:04 am to reggo75
Wouldn't a 20x12 pole be closer to 600 pounds? Either way a couple of guys could stand it up, no problem.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:10 am to Barf
quote:
Wouldn't a 20x12 pole be closer to 600 pounds?
I'm an electrical contractor and I was using one of our charts... I think they are closer to 10" diameter for a standard 20' electrical pole.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:12 am to reggo75
Well damn. I've been wrong about these poles for a really long time. Oops
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:15 am to reggo75
He said about 40" around (I assume circumference) so that seems more like a class B with a 12" butt diameter.
This post was edited on 1/5/17 at 9:16 am
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