Lofting poles.

[Cranfield]

Has anyone found a source of DIY cheap lofting poles ?

[turk101]

Cranners

Not so much as DIY but I use a fishing pole that I had from years ago! Can be picked up at boot sales for under a score and that's a decent/adequate length too.

ATB

Turk

[zab10]

my mate uses gazebo poles what he got from someone throwing one out , fairly heavy duty ones though and he hade a t bar for the top and hooks himself and all works fine

[missmoreandmaster]

I agree with the fishing pole fitted with an adapted funnel one for placing and ome for removing this is much lighter than my propper poles and as it telescopes in and out ,much quicker than a take appart.

[vampire]

I used sectional poles from a tent/gazebo they would clip together and spring clip held them firm but only 1m long each,to get the bird back out of tree all i did was cut the top off a 2litre coke bottle so it looked like a brandy glass and taped it to one of sections as a dedicated pole,the poles worked really well.

try here....www.tentspares.co.uk

Edited May 6, 2012 by vampire

[rapid basher]

just buy close props lines poles

pritty much the same as hide poles without the spike3

£3 each ,,,,take the clip off the end and the clip off the bottom

it"l slide right over then put a juble clip on to stop slideing all the way down

thay"l exstend to 9 feet so with 3 poles shud get you a hight of 27f

and when your finished just un slide and let down same as a hide pole

and thayl fit in ya hide bag job don

[Outlander]

I use the fishing pole method as its light and cheap.

outlander.

[Frankbrickbats]

 

 

://cpc.farnell.com/pro-signal/ae3041/6-x-1-mast-alloy-18g/dp/AP0228

 

found a source of DIY cheap lofting poles ?

 

These work ok, Cut them in half and use a 200mm brush handle plug to joint them, cut them square though.

 

Regards

 

Frank