Figure 6: Gin-Pole Safety Wire Assembly - Bergey Tilt Tower Installation Manual

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Figure 6: Gin-pole Safety Wire Assembly

Make sure that the bracket bolt in the end section of the gin-pole is aligned as shown in
Figure 6. Bolt the gin-pole brackets to the end section with the ¾" bolt, making sure to
pass the bolt through the safety wire thimble. Secure the bolt with a ¾" nut and Pal-Nut.
Attach the snap link to the gin-pole bracket with a ½" bolt. A snap link is a heavy galva-
nized steel or stainless steel loop with a spring-loaded gate or opening side bar. Be
sure that the snap link opens down and away from the base plate. This will allow the
lifting guy wires to be clipped and unclipped in the correct order.
Step 9:
Roll out each level of the lifting guy wires and attach each of the swaged-on lifting eyes
to the snap links shackled to the bracket at the end of the gin pole. The top guy wire
attaches to the forward snap link. The lower guy(s) are clipped to the second snap link,
the lowest guy wire first. Make sure that the guy wires are not twisted. The free ends of
the remaining guy wires will be attached to the forward anchor after the tower is erect-
ed. Keep the wires well organized so this will be easy to do.
Step 10:
Attach the two yellow polypropylene ropes to the top of the gin pole. Run one of the
ropes to each of the side anchors. The ropes prevent the gin-pole from falling sideways
when vertical, and center it as the tower is being raised.
Step 11:
Attach the cable from the lifting device to the gin-pole tie top bracket with a shackle from
the hardware kit. Electric or hand winches may be used. The pull-up forces (including
the EXCEL1 turbine) and the pull-up cable lengths are given in Table 1:
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