Single handed heavy lifting - Gin Pole build start to finish!

So what do you do if you are all alone in the forest and you have to do some heavy lifting without a crane or loader.
In the olden days before modern technology came along then people used to build simple cranes called Gin pole.
Here I build a 16 foot gin pole capable of lifting over a thousand pounds safely. Start to finish with installation and first use.
Don't do this at home it is dangerous!
I'm a Buddhist monk living in British Columbia, and I am currently building a perma culture meditation retreat in the Northern Gulf Islands of British Columbia.
On this channel I will post videos about eco-friendly and natural building techniques as well as how to videos related to forestry, woodwork and construction

[@mikeconnel777]

I used to work in an orange jumpsuit. Then I got out

[@TheChainsawLama]

😆🤣😆 I had to look for something with monk colours! 😆🤣😆

[@donaldwasden8657]

Mine had stripes (orange)

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@donaldwasden8657 Was that an actual prison suit?

[@davidschwartz5127]

So that is what a GIN pole is, I've always wondered since childhood hearing my Grandfather talk about them with other adults on the farm. I have used them many times in my career and have always called them "Aframelifts". My Grandfather was German and I am 78YO. Thanks for clearing that up!

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yeah I always used to call it a lifting frame but apparently a single pole, an A-frame, and a tripod rigged in this way is a Gin pole. Many videos on line. And it works great BTW

[@markm8188]

Thanks! I enjoyed the video.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks friend 👍

[@stevesahr1752]

Now you have 312 subscribers. Nice half lap joints for your frame. Always enjoyable doing things single handily.

[@TheChainsawLama]

Thanks for you subscription Steve, we will get there slowly!

[@billgale2264]

That’s a mad chainsaw skills right there

[@TheChainsawLama]

Thanks Bill. TBH I am a bit of a newbie!

[@gunkwretch3697]

Clearly you have earned your title as the "Chainsaw Lama" ... you got some handy skills in general though, much more than me anyways

[@ultimatemeaning]

Still learning Gunk!

[@jamesschmitt7094]

Gin pole, eh? I built one of those last year to pull stumps. . . . Not being familiar with that terminology I chose to call it my "Egyptian-style stump-puller". As you can probably tell I am pretty proud of it! 😆

[@TheChainsawLama]

And you deserve to be proud JAmes. I think Gin pole is an American name. I always called them a lifting Aframe.

[@robertschmidt9296]

Good choice of music.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Kinda cheery

[@coevicman3685]

At centre of ladder I use a rachet strap as extra tie in.

[@TheChainsawLama]

Thanks for that!

[@JohnSeaward]

There's also a tower gin pole also which is used to manually install one section of t.v. towers ( freestanding and braced )

[@TheChainsawLama]

Thanks JOhn I will look into it😃

[@JohnSeaward]

@@TheChainsawLama I use to use them when I use to install t.v. towers many many moons ago it was handy to use but also when ur the only person up 60 ft in the air it was interesting to say the least moving it from section to section lol, I worst part of using it was who ever was on the ground pulling on the rope or cable and the section of tower getting hung up lol talk about failure to communicate 🤣🤣 but satellite dishes, cell phones sorta killed that business, not many people have anything to do with towers and the tools used, to bad can not add photos to messages cause I could pics of the ginpole I use to use, best thing of that job was the scenery !

[@jackdawg4579]

looked a bit dodgy, but you got there in the end!

[@ultimatemeaning]

😆🤣😆 Works a treat mate! Over engineered for the job. I will post a full video of the sawmill unpacking and assembly with lifting gear 😆🤣😆

[@jackdawg4579]

@@ultimatemeaning that would be good to see!

[@olerocker3470]

The letter for the day is "A".

[@TheChainsawLama]

😆🤣😆

[@peterellis4262]

Found it amusing that you came on with a safety lecture about the ladder, but not a word on the chainsaw. Also - tying the ladder to the tree? After you climb it without, then untie and climb back down ;) I get the idea, but the irony is blatant. Cutting the notches with the chainsaw - why not use a plunge cut to get the flat bottom? You had plenty of room and it would be much more efficient than the multiple vertical cuts and having to knock out all the waste and still need more cutting ;) With a chop saw it makes sense, but the chainsaw lets you avoid all of that.

[@ultimatemeaning]

❤ not confident enough with my plunge cuts yet (beginner) and the 16 footers are too awkward to get on the DeWalt. But the joint was tight in the end so I am pretty happy with the outcome. ❤

[@Freedom_Half_Off]

​​@@ultimatemeaning Knocking about until you get what you want with the the tools you have is an old way of working . I thought it looked sturdy enough in the end . If backwater craftsmen in Pakistan or the Philippines can take a file and crank out high quality copies of many f🔥rearms of the world ... I don't see why your method would not be just fine for the project you did ... 👍