Right on, Chuck. I just turned 70 and some folks (including some doctors)
tell me to slow down and quit running around at Mach 2 with my hair on fire
like a teenager. I'm not like the teenagers I see. Hired some and out work
them, Too lazy these days. I will recommend a climbing harness. I have
only used the belt so far but... I am designing my three tower installs
(one is up and others are a brewing) to eliminate all tower climbing.
Extension ladders and painter's ladders may be used but why climb a tower if
I don't have to.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Smallhouse
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 1:10 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Raising Towers
At 82, I still drive ATVs and UTVs, off road, at racing speeds.. Few
can keep up. I insure that all the lug nuts are tight. I also still
climb towers, not 200' ones, with a single waist belt.
I also grew up on a family cattle ranch, and as a teenager, was
expected to rope and bring down wild cows, to doctor their infected
wounds, by myself out in the open range.
Until you have walked in their moccasins - - - - . Unless you have
had many "hands on" experiences, stay with your books and OSHA
regulations, and keep those rules and postulations to yourself.
Chuck, W7CS
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