On Aug 28, 3:52*am, Mike Coslo wrote:
Jeff Liebermann wrote :

If brute force is your forte, you might try a rubber pipe strap wrench
as used to remove an automobile spin on oil filter. *Wrap the strap
around a few times and put something under the gripper teeth to
distribute the force. *I've never tried this but it seems like it
might work.

Those strap wrenches work pretty well, Jeff.

* * * * - 73 de Mike N3LI -

You could try holding the pole vertical and let the whole lot drop a
few feet so that the base falls onto a hard surface (assuming it has
some sort of bump cap on the base).

This inertia and rapid deceleration usually releases even the most
stubborn joints.

UKM