[quote=tradisrad]I've got my mast stepping pretty well dialed in. I made a mast support for the rear of the trailer and that aids me in the stepping by starting the mast higher than the tramp. I slide the mast back on the rear support until I can get the base pinned. A rope from the hounds goes to my winch rope that is on the front trailer mast support. The trap wires attach to the front beam for lateral swing. I then crank the winch and up goes the mast, attach the bridal and I'm done. Takes 5 min or less. I usually get rigging hung up someplace during stepping, once I get that sorted into a process I'll be set. The mast auto rotates out of the initial 90 position. No spreaders to worry about.
To lower the mast I reverse the stepping process, but I have to rotate the mast 90, so I attach a rope (the bow line) to a pad eye on the bottom of the mast and pull, turning the mast 90, while lowering. It takes both of my hands to lower it.
I have video of lowering, but no video of raising the mast. I'll see if I can post it to YouTube and film the raising process.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by tradisrad on Sep 03, 2017 - 01:04 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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