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Subject: Fw: [TowerTalk] Crank-up won't crank do not climb
From: Jack <videorov@direcway.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:15:22 -0500
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That is a good way to kill yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1











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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K3BU@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crank-up won't crank


> In a message dated 11/15/03 5:58:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> thompson@mindspring.com writes:
> >>Carefully check the tower and If you get a name of a local tower person
use
> him as crank ups are dangerous and not climbable. <<
>
> Crank up towers can be climbable with "climbing tools."
> The problem is, you don't want to insert anything (feet, fingers) inside
the
> tower, in case sections come crashing down and cut your feet or hands. You
can
> make S (Z) type hooks for feet and hands (with straps to your limbs), that
> will just hook onto the crosspiece (tip J like hook thick enough to go
over the
> crosspiece - brace) and have a flat bottom (L like hook) for your foot or
> hand. This would allow you to claim the tower without anything protruding
inside.
> There is enough clearance between the cross braces not to catch the hooks.
> With safety belt around the tower and resting on the "BU hooks" you should
be
> able to insert the safety crosspiece and do the work on the tower.
>
> Yuri, K3BU
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>
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Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any
questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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