During the lifting process the Fastmast system has numerous advantages over traditional gin pole erected systems:

• The mast cannot fall over centre because the hydraulics hold the mast back.
• The gin post is held securly as the mast approaches the point of balance, again preventing overtoppling.
• Their is no reliance on temporary anchors during lifting, so the mast base isn't being pulled along the ground.

FastMast now manufacture galvanised rolled steel masts with a robust flanged construction. This design is both robust, easily manufactured and re-usable, expensive steel shouldn't be discarded after just a couple of years.  Our flanged designed mast is built to last.

Fast Mast's masts have been assessed by civil engineers Flint & Neill who specialise in guyed structures. The masts are designed to survive wind speeds of over 147mph, onto which a further factor of safety is applied to the structure.  To date we've had no storm damage on any of our masts.  The graph above came from a 40m mast during the 2011 storms.