Man-Lift Alternatives?
So, first of all, this is about mounting the top pulleys on the two parking lot light poles in the pavilion parking lot at about 25-30’. We don’t have to do this on the morning of Field Day, in fact I would rather do this before Field Day. It should only take about 30 minutes and only needs to be done once.
How about these sources of lift:
C & C of Paris will rent a towable 50’ lift for $185.00 per day.
Home Depot of Rockwall will rent a towable 50’ lift for $349.00 per day.
Fire Department ladder truck.
Anyone know a friendly tree trimmer service with their bucket truck?
A Lamar Electric Co-Op bucket truck?
Any other ideas?
Ok folks, what do you think about this?
As it looks like the man-lift may not make it to Field Day I am planning on bringing my tall extension ladder to use as an antenna support for the Bring Your Own Radio/VHF station antennas.
The ladder is a 28’ aluminum ladder. According to the Werner web page this ladder has a useable reach of 27’, that’s the ladder and a 5’ 7” person reaching up 12”.
The parking lot light pole is about 30’ high and we need to put our top pulley a bit below the top, below the light fixture so a reach of 27’ would be about right.
The reservations I have is that I am a bit worried about leaning a ladder against the parking lot light pole as I don’t know how sturdy it really is or how rusty the mounting bolts might be.
Also, my ladder is rated for 200 lbs. I didn’t buy it to climb as a ladder so the 200 lb. weight limit was not an issue as I currently weight more than 200 lbs.
So if we used the ladder to put the top pulleys on the parking lot lights someone that weighs 200 lbs. or less would need to climb the ladder. Any volunteers that qualify?
What do you think? Would this be a good or a bad idea?
Charles WA5VHU
