In a message dated 3/14/02 9:14:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
k4oj@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> Too many horror stories of lost fingers and toes for me - have you ever been
> on one of those when it decided to shift just a little and settle in...
Yes and no. The older, no-positive-pulldown types could (and did) hang up
when being lowered so anyone climbing them was sticking their limbs into a
guillotine. There were a couple of true, first person stories of this kind of
crank-up injury reported here on TT a couple of years ago.
> I have - a sure way to add skid marks to ones shorts!
I've been meaning to talk to you about that.....
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
Tower Tech
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