Actually the two scenarios are the same - the safety climb needs to be
run inside the rings and you must bite the bullet at each ring and do a
little hooking and unhooking. Still relatively easy to maintain 100%
tie-off.
As someone once said: tie or fly.
-Steve K8LX
On 6/17/2016 3:51 PM, Steve Maki wrote:
It shouldn't be a problem to install one on a rotating tower - the
safety climb would rotate with the tower.
If I wanted one on a tower with ring rotators, I'd probably run it
THROUGH the rings (in the middle of a tower face of course). Yes one
would have to do a little extra hooking and unhooking at each ring, but
it would still be a lot easier than doing that all the way up and down.
in our universe, it is not only rare but exceptionally rare, to see a
safety line running the length of a tower.
While it may be rare to see a safety line, it should not be so. I can
recall several unnecessary deaths (in one case a close friend and guest
operator at my own station) that would likely have been prevented by
proper safety equipment.
As I plan a new set of towers, I fully intend to investigate built in
fall arrest (safety) systems to the extent that they are compatible
with rotating towers and/or ring rotators.
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