Can someone recommend a good climbing belt that is preferably sold on-line. I've checked Texas Towers, ARS, and HRO but no luck so far. What is the climbing belt of choice for TowerTalkians? 73, Nat,
Champion Radio has a full line of excellent climbing equipment at reasonable prices. He should pop in with an answer. If not, go to championradio.com Gerry, W6TER ____________________________________
Try champion radio: www.championradio.com Jeff, KN2R ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpass filters & beverage matching boxes? The same
**NOT** "belt", but climbing HARNESS from Champion Radio, with a fall arrest lanyard hooked above you. If you ever slip with the belt loose, you will thank the day you bought it. Try champion radio:
TT: I've often wondered about the wisdom of having your safety harness AND climbing/positioning belt all in one apparatus. If the harness fails, BOTH your safety lanyard and the positioning strap wil
I recently purchased a belt, harness and straps from Buckingham and I'm pleased so far. I purchased it locally but it's also available of http://www.buckinghammfg.com . John Can someone recommend a g
My Klein harness/belt is two separate systems, interconnected at the waist belt. The waist belt could function by itself with the positioning lanyard should the full-body harness fail, and the fall-a
Nat: I've used a Klein Model 9483 belt since 1988 that was primarily designed for tree trimmers. It has a padded 3 inch wide double sewn webbing around the waist and a second heavy piece of webbing t
A lot of people may disagree, but I always use both my fall arrest lanyard (the one that attaches to the harness in the middle of my back) and my positioning lanyard. When climbing, I hook the positi
The problem with using the fall arrest lanyard while on the move is that the snaps are fairly small and have safeties that are very hard to operate, especially with gloves on. I think that gorilla ho
Hi, Ty: My Petzl climbing harness is a full-body type - model 8003 (not sure of the model name, but it's in their catalog.) It's NOT the simple belt that we see most mountain climbers use in the movi
I normally wear leather gloves on the tower, particularly while climbing, and have not found the OSHA clips on the Klein fall-arrest lanyard to be hard to manipulate. In fact, they have something clo
Eh? The Black Diamond autolocking carabiners I use on my climbing rigs are rated at 25 KN (Kilonewtons) breaking strength. The ratings are stamped on the caribiner, so it's easy to check. One KN = 22
Even if I acknowledged that the aluminum caribiners should be strong enough, there are other problems associated with using aluminum 'biners on a steel tower. One is that they will wear badly as alum
Ty meant "Petzl" I think. Petzl is a well established provider of recreation and professional work harnesses. Rather than use a rock climbing harness, consider the Petzl belts designed for positionin
I bought my rig from Champion Radio. I got the full harness (not just the belt!), I also bought three lanyards -- the fall arrest lanyard, the adjustable lanyard and the 3' rope lanyard. While you're
That depends on what you mean by "fails". Thinking about it, I can't see how the breakage of a single strap could lead to a catastrophic failure of the entire harness. Doesn't that require you to hav