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GroundquestMSA wrote:I'm not sure how to attach the sections.
rlboyce wrote:30 feet on a scaling pole... sounds kind of hairy!
rlboyce wrote:Depending on the diameter of the pole and the size of the pins, the pins may be able to double as rungs. Maybe that's getting too fancy though.
And if you want to get really fancy, maybe you can have a free-floating sleeve/collar that can ride up and down the pole. Attached to that collar you would have two eyes, where you would pass a rope through each eye. These ropes would drape down to the ground and would serve as a means for your helpers to keep you stable. As you advance up the pole, you place pins or rungs in along the way so that the collar can't go back down the pole.
caverdan wrote:I heard a story many years ago about a self made scaleing pole breaking and killing a guy in the Guads. I believe it happened in Cottonwood cave. Does anyone else remember this?
This is a permanent ladder, but it is made of aluminum and is in sections that bolt together. It might give you some ideas. Be careful.
GroundquestMSA wrote:caverdan wrote:I heard a story many years ago about a self made scaleing pole breaking and killing a guy in the Guads. I believe it happened in Cottonwood cave. Does anyone else remember this?
This is a permanent ladder, but it is made of aluminum and is in sections that bolt together. It might give you some ideas. Be careful.
I like this ladder a lot. It looks expensive though.
I got 3 13' poles from a flooring store. They use them to hold rolls of vinyl flooring on the rack. The inside diameter is 2", and they seem to weigh about 30 lbs. each. I plan to cut two of them into 6.5' sections and the third into 4' sections. Instead of sleeves on the outside of the poles, I bought a section of scrap pipe with an outside diameter of just under 2". I can insert a bit of this into the ends of my sections, and secure them with pto pins. I'm thinking about welding one side to eliminate a bit of slop. Maybe something like this:
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