04-04-2012, 04:59 PM
@David, I don't have any trouble hauling long poles, as I drive a pickup truck. This system was developed to help my other reenactor friends who drive small cars, and had no way to carry 9 ft poles. For vertical poles, it would simply be needed to put the pipe with the flared end at the top, so gravity would help hold the pipe in its place. I have not actually used this process for vertical poles, but it should work, as the pressure exerted against the joint would not be as great as it is for a ridge pole.
@agrimensor, using a rod or a screwed-together section should be fine for a vertical. For a ridge (horizontal), I don't think it would be as strong. The weight on the pole is greatest at the center, and would put a lot of pressure on the place where the rod/threaded end connects the two together.
The great thing about this is it takes no tools to assemble, and only seconds to unfold and lock into place.
@agrimensor, using a rod or a screwed-together section should be fine for a vertical. For a ridge (horizontal), I don't think it would be as strong. The weight on the pole is greatest at the center, and would put a lot of pressure on the place where the rod/threaded end connects the two together.
The great thing about this is it takes no tools to assemble, and only seconds to unfold and lock into place.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
