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1. [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 <faunt@panix.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:55:44 -0400 (EDT); Does anyone know where I can get half-a-dozen screw-in pole steps at a reasonable price? I use a tree for some of my antenna supports, and climbing to the appropriate place is I had a few of those sc; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00330.html (6,692 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: John Ammeter <jammeter@cablespeed.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:25:53 -0700; Doug, I retired from the power industry and we quit using those a long time ago. When they're new it's safe to use them but, as age and corrosion sets in, they rust at the point where they screw into; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00332.html (8,381 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "Dubovsky, George" <George.Dubovsky@andrew.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:30:06 -0400; Doug, I'd stop by a local utility truck and ask those guys for help; they might know of a utility boneyard. On the other hand, your basic premise does raise a few issues. One, are screw-in steps harm; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00333.html (9,691 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "Dan Hearn" <dhearn@air-pipe.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:58:20 -0700; Doug, I believe that hunters use special steps to reach their tree positions and I think I have seen them in sporting goods catalogs. Check Cabellos and others. 73, Dan, N5AR --Original Message-- Fro; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00336.html (8,898 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "Bill Parry" <bparry@rgv.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:10:18 -0500; Doug, I agree with John. Go buy you a ladder at Home Depot. I have a 24 foot ladder I use to work on my trees and it works fine. I had a 75' telephone pole a few years ago. I thought that I had gone; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00338.html (10,224 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "Perry - K4PWO" <k4pwo@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:20:51 -0500; Another idea is to look at a good hunting supply house. I have seen "tree climbers" which are a series of steps and bands/chain that allow you to climb trees for deer stands. The bands have teeth tha; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00340.html (10,329 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:32:31 -0400; However... The chairman of our local county commission is a lawyer who became a paraplegic in a fall from an improperly mounted tree stand. Just be careful. 73, Pete N4ZR ____________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00342.html (11,345 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:43:22 -0400; *Generally* commercially threaded parts have rolled threads. They are stronger, cheaper, and of a LARGER diameter than the shaft. I have to emphasize that "generally" though as YMMV between companies; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00344.html (11,235 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:02:05 -0500; I used pole steps for a number of years but mine were galvanized and quite sturdy. However, they were hard to climb at the specified distance between steps (the instructions told you to swing your le; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00347.html (8,876 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: Pat Barthelow <aa6eg@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:15:28 -0700; Its been some years now since I have climbed poles there, but at N6IJ ( http://www.n6ij.org ) and http://www.n6ij.org/images/n6ijmap2.jpg. we have a "pole forest", perhaps 20-25 poles. Most of which; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00348.html (17,160 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: W4KAZ <kazeringue@aol.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:05:07 -0400; Cabella's does indeed have a variety of steps. I once upon a time climbed them in the piny woods along the Gulf Coast, seeking Bambi's Papa for the purposes of filling the freezer with yummy lean pro; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00353.html (8,139 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] POLE STEPS (score: 1): Author: "TOMMY HALIBURTON" <ROCKETJ10@MSN.COM>; Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:16:43 -0600; Doug, I agree with respect to integrity. I was a "knuckle-dragger" (Outside Plant Installer - Lineman) and never, ever trusted steps ("Not no way and not no how"). Gaffs were the only way to go. IMHO; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00360.html (9,938 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] Pole Steps (score: 1): Author: butwheat <butwheat73@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:30:00 -0400; Circa 1980 I used something locally available known as 'cabin spikes'. At that time I weighed only 175#, though ;-) Mark KX8XX (was KB8GC WB8CKZ) _______________________________________________ _____; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00361.html (8,069 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] POLE STEPS (score: 1): Author: Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 <faunt@panix.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:31:34 -0400 (EDT); Gaffs are a bad idea for trees that you want to keep. I have, and have used, a set of tree climbing spikes. I also feel the same way about the hunters climbing steps. They leave open wounds into the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00367.html (11,118 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <w2ttt@att.net>; Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:44:07 -0500; Pat, This is a fantastic setup! One question: How does one ground the antennas for lightning and static discharge purposes/ Thanks & 73, Gordon Beattie, W2TTT 201.314.6964 Its been some years now sin; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00606.html (18,318 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: Pat Barthelow <aa6eg@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:36:01 -0700; Hello Gordon, Yes, it was/is special. If you or others want to visit, go to the N6IJ website, and contact the BOD, to let them know of your wishes to visit or operate, or join, and they can help you; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00608.html (21,840 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] Pole steps (score: 1): Author: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <w2ttt@att.net>; Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:28:40 -0500; Pat, I have some friends who are new hams around San Ramon, and I forwarded the initial email and web site URL to them as they might really enjoy it! I live in New Jersey, so visiting would be an adv; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-03/msg00613.html (22,340 bytes)

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