Dear Group, Better to be safe, I have tried several different brands and use the Elk River Tower harness with a spreader between the waist D rings and have a lanyard to attach for fall protection. If
Better to be safe, I have tried several different brands and use the Elk River Tower harness with a spreader between the waist D rings and have a lanyard to attach for fall protection. If you want t
I have an AN Wireless HD-70 freestanding tower with the foot pegs ... slippery enough to require caution when wet, but not treacherous. I climb with a full body harness with two relatively short safe
I have an AN Wireless HD-70 freestanding tower with the foot pegs ... slippery enough to require caution when wet, but not treacherous. I climb with a full body harness with two relatively short safe
My hesitation in buying the safety cable was simply that I didn't want to trust my life to a spring gripping system I suspected I wouldn't be able to see (I've never seen one in person so I wasn't ce
As Jim said below..... Buy and install a safety climb. Maybe from Tuf-tug. http://www.tuf-tug.com/sc.htm I try to make sure every one of my towers has one on it. 73 Dave n4zkf n4zkf@n4zkf.com www.n4z
My hesitation in buying the safety cable was simply that I didn't want to trust my life to a spring gripping system I suspected I wouldn't be able to see (I've never seen one in person so I wasn't ce
Any thoughts on using safety climbing cable with a rotating tower? Can it be mounted within the rings and still function? If so, seems that you'd have to attach and reattach when climbing around the
A previous poster wrote, in part: "If it's not in place... they are not covered by either workman's compensation.... or if they are killed.. their life insurance may well be null and void." and: "You
I have the cable on my HD-80 AN Wireless tower. Until I got the cable up I used two straps like Dave. One was, and still is, my fall arrest lanyard. The cable sleeve makes it easy to stay safe when a
I have 3/8 cable on two of my taller towers. Wouldn't be without it. Phil K3TUF How many folks on here run the 3/8" winch cable from top to bottom of the tower, and use the positive locking device, h
Same answer applies! Today's life policies generally have only one exception to coverage; i.e., suicide in the first two years. (I believe one state may specify one year instead of two.) Most do not
Absolutely correct. (partially) Safety climbs like Tuf-tug and others are to be used to get to where you want to be and that's it. You shouldn't even rest on them. You always clip off somewhere when
I have them, and in 15 years of commercial climbing, I have never been stung by anything once I'm 10 ft. off the ground. None of my team has that I know of either. I don't know what it is about wasps
I wish this were true, but there is one salient exception - if they have nested in your mast you will find them way up there. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.co
Or the legs of a crank-up. Jim N7US --Original Message-- I wish this were true, but there is one salient exception - if they have nested in your mast you will find them way up there. 73, Pete N4ZR On
Unless they have a nest in something like a mast or some recess. OTOH in the 50 years I've been climbing I've only found one nest more than 20 feet off the ground...except in trees. There I've seen t
I guess I have been lucky. I got my first tower at 13 (51 now) and never been hit. But didn't climb EVERY DAY until 15 years ago when I got in the business. I have still never been hit. I'll knock on
My issue is Osprey! The birds won't leave us alone. The wind blew open a beacon and one made a nest in it! They liked the two bulb keeping them warm! Dave n4zkf I wish this were true, but there is on
For some time I've been considering a safety cable system for my 110' Rohn 45 tower. I currently use a fall-arrest Y-lanyard with large gorilla hooks. While reasonably safe, the lanyard system requir