And people wonder why I keep preaching that there is...
Nothing Stronger, SAFER, or more Cost Effective
than a properly GUYED Tower.
Sorry for your injury.
Tom N4KG
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 "Greg Gobleman" <k9zm@frontiernet.net> writes:
> Some of you folks are aware that I have been doing some tower work
> lately. I was cranking down the Hazer or should I say getting it
> into position to crank down. There was still some tension in the
> upper guys and I slacked them off some more. But I still had just a
> bit of tension and was able to get the release free and went to
> crank it down. Actually, since I have the standard winch with my
> Hazer and not the one with a brake, it is more of a
> controlled-by-hand let down. The handle got away from me and
> smacked me a good one on the top of the wrist. The safety catch
> caught with almost no movement of the Hazer. I think it was all
> still the tension in the kevlar guys. One broken wrist.
>
> I was in a hurry!
>
> I need a method of controling the descent. A brake winch or a big
> drill instead of the handle on that winch.
>
> I need to make sure that kevlar guys are really slacked off.
>
> I always learn things the hard way. Hopefully somebody else can
> learn something from me.
>
> 73
> Greg K9ZM
>
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