In Homesteading

Gin Pole

Lifting heavy stuff up high with one person.

I needed to get these 20 ft 4x8s on top of the wall by myself and decided a gin pole was the best option.

For this I used: a 20 foot pole, come along, two guy wires, and a double pulley to do the heavy lifting.

I was able to lift and position this piece over 13 foot high by myself which would have been impossible for me otherwise.

I haven’t found a lot of recent media showing gin poles being used, but they’re awesome!

by CanfieldBRO