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1. [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: pete sias <petesias@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:31:32 -0700 (PDT); What are the general thoughts on spacing distance from a tower leg for a 3/8" fall arrestor cable ? I have a triangle tower with angle iron legs and climbing pegs. My harness has a D ring at mid ches; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00257.html (6,633 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "D Calder" <towertalk@n4zkf.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:31:00 -0400; We use exclusively Tuf-Tug. Stand off Every 25'. We use 8" between the cable and the D-Ring. That's the grab and one beaner. Maybe the link below will help too. http://www.tuf-tug.com/sc2.htm Dave n4; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00261.html (7,813 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:40:37 -0400; Pete, The standoff brackets on commercial safety line systems generally hold the wire 4" or 5" from the tower leg. 73, Steve K8LX _______________________________________________ _____________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00262.html (7,689 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "Glenn Thorne" <gathorne@traer.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:45:35 -0500; 5-1/2" on my AN Wireless tower 73, Glenn/KD0Q Pete, The standoff brackets on commercial safety line systems generally hold the wire 4" or 5" from the tower leg. 73, Steve K8LX pete sias wrote: ______; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00263.html (8,049 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "k6ufo@arrl.net" <k6ufo@arrl.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:51:59 -0700 (PDT); On my AN Wireless, the cable is about 4 inches out from the leg, but since the one-way SALA ascender clips to a 6 ft fall arrest lanyard that goes around to a D-ring point on the BACK of the climber,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00268.html (7,307 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "EZ Rhino" <EZRhino@fastmovers.biz>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:04:20 -0600; Is it just me, or does is seem counterintuitive to have the fall arrest point on the harness in the center of your back? It seems like that would tend to pitch your head forward, making it more likel; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00270.html (8,895 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: Ryan Jairam <rjairam@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:17:45 -0400; Unless there is a different model of the safety cable system available now, the ascender is supposed to clip to the front, directly to the full body harness and not to any fall arrest lanyard. In fac; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00273.html (10,208 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:02:37 -0400; Chris: I clip my fall-arrest lanyard to the front of my full body harness rather than in the back. I, too, dislike the possibility of doing a face-slammer into the tower. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F _______; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00275.html (10,178 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "Eugene Jensen" <eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:09:14 -0400; No Ryan is right on all accounts. These were used on ladders on buildings long before the Tower industries used them and were part of CA code before our own. We call it Peter Pan around our shop and; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00276.html (12,435 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:25:17 EDT; point on the harness in the center of your back? It seems like that would tend to pitch your head forward, making it more likely to smash your face into the tower bracing? I've fallen lots of times r; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00279.html (9,403 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "D Calder" <towertalk@n4zkf.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:50:14 -0400; Exactly, the fall arrest is when you're up on a tower working. Then it should be as high above you to make the smallest drop if you slip. Or when you're moving around on a big face a double on the ba; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00281.html (11,828 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: Jim CASSIDY <jc_ki7y@q.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:20:27 +0000; In training from my employer the fall arrest connection was always on the back, and the fall arrest gear we were issued only had the back D ring. Also that is supported by information in a book avail; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00285.html (9,324 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "D Calder" <towertalk@n4zkf.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:14:16 -0400; Talk to Winton at Comtrain. That's where we send all our climbers. He will talk your ear off though! He's a good dude. 73 Dave n4zkf In training from my employer the fall arrest connection was always; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00292.html (10,590 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: Eugene Jensen <eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:22:15 -0400; Safety Harnesses come in a lot of different styles and as such some do not have side D ring. That being said if you are hooked to your side rings and are hooked to the fall cable's facing forward it; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00298.html (11,199 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:16:42 -0700; The back connection is safer. most people's spines bend forward much better than backwards. The idea is that when you hit the end of the rope to stop the fall, that your arms, legs, head, etc, move i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00318.html (9,239 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor (score: 1): Author: "Doug Rehman" <doug@k4ac.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:16:38 -0400; Two different types of fall arrest are getting munged together in this thread: 1) Typical fall arrest lanyard (usually has some type of rip out stitching to limit the "impact") that is clipped onto s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00327.html (9,468 bytes)

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