To be truly effective the covers would have to be higher than a good
grapnel toss.
On 2/7/2017 1:27 PM, Guy Olinger wrote:
The best that I have seen is flat sheets of galvanized steel cut to
fit across the rungs between the vertical metal and permanently
attached up to a point requiring a ladder to get to a climbing point.
On some "erector set" towers, this may require some bracing be done
inside the lower tower otherwise done on the outside. Also that all
cables be run inside the tower, and you have to haul a ladder out to
the tower to climb it.
Seem to recall that some tower mfrs have these panels ready made.
73, Guy K2AV
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Patrick Greenlee
<patrick_g@windstream.net <mailto:patrick_g@windstream.net>> wrote:
The*attractive nuisance*doctrine applies to the law of torts, in
the United States. It states that a landowner may be held liable
for injuries to children trespassing on the land if the injury is
caused by an object on the land that is likely to attract children.
So kid climbs on tower, kid is injured or killed, jury awards E N
O R M O U S quantities of money to the kid/parents exceeding your
insurance and bankrupting you.
Juries are not always rational. They see you and your insurance
policy as a source of free money to gift the injured irrespective
of merit or lack thereof.
I have been thinking of deterrents to climbing besides a high
fence topped with razor wire. and 10KV fence charger. Tanglefoot
is a good product that would deter climbers or birds perching. OK
maybe on a crankup. It is a bird repelling measure with no poisons
just is uncomfortable for the bird and a gooey mess to climb on.
Maybe IR motion detectors and spray nozzles with concentrated dye,
inert and non poisonous but hard to remove. Water spray with IR
motion detection might become a fun attraction in summer, hence
the dye.
A loud siren was briefly considered but then hearing loss would be
an issue and besides the younger crowd are all getting deaf due to
earphones and loud rock.
Any ideas from the brain trust?
Please no alligators, piranhas, or other wild animals, claymores,
punji sticks, tiger pits etc.
Patrick NJ5G
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