Ah, ok - this isn't what I was envisioning. I thought that what was described
was a compact device that might actually connect to the D ring on the back of
your harness, with a pull-out lanyard going to a gorilla hook which would be
attached above you on the tower. It would extend and retract like a seat belt
under slow, gentle tension, but lock solid if yanked. I guess maybe there
isn't such a thing... Seems like a viable idea, though.
73, Pete N4ZR
At 01:46 PM 6/14/2006, Barry wrote:
>Fall arrest reels are pretty neat. I don't use one for tower work, but
>got to experience one on a climbing wall a few months ago at the USS
>Intrepid Air and Space Museum in NYC. It was kinda scary to just let go
>when at the top and to be gently lowered back down, but it did work like
>a charm.
>Barry, W2UP
>
>Phil Camera wrote:
>> Do a Google search on Fall Arrest Reels and you'll find many kinds.
>>
>> We use them at work and have them "permanently" mounted on fixed attachment
>> points where workers routinely have to use fall protection.
>>
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>> Lockport, IL
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