Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN TOWER& MAST DATA

[Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>]

James, I agree completely.  All my peers used just belts.  I never saw 
arresting harnesses used back then in the early 80's.  We were just 
lucky to not have been seriously injured because a belt alone is a great 
way to break a back not to mention internal injuries.
I checked  Mapquest and you are about 122 driving miles from me. You 
must have peers in the OKC area.  I have a good harness and can climb 
but with an eye on the future and trying to be reasonable I'm trying to 
be able to work on all my antennas with my boots on the ground.  Some 
day I may not be so active and able to climb tow  ers (I'll be 72 in 
less than a week.) I have a crank-up/tilt-over installed, another on 
order and built a custom winch assy to lower my Hy-Gain Hy-Tower which I 
custom installed atop a metal barn and put a 4 way Phillystran guy setup 
on it.
Patrick        NJ5G

On 8/18/2015 7:13 PM, J. Hunt wrote:
> Hello Patrick
>
> I have one of those climbing belts, rarely use it anymore.  They are not that 
> safe.
>
> Currently use dbi Sala tower gear and accessories.  This combined with tools 
> and test gear is close to 60 pounds, along with steel toed, nylon reinforced 
> sole shoes.  This keeps all those OSHA  rules and such happy.
>
> Last Saturday (08/15/2015), I was on a 400' commercial tower....  working between 
> the 380 - 400' agl mark for >10 hours.
> The ground crew was vital on sending up support supplies.  No elevator, good 
> ol' physical endurance.
>
> I'm available within a ~100 mile radius.  Still planning on doing tower work 
> for another 20 years.
>
>
> Thanks,
> James
> ki5dq
> --------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 8/18/15, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net> wrote:
>
>   Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN TOWER& MAST DATA
>   To: towertalk@contesting.com
>   Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 8:56 AM
>   
>   What do I think?   I think you need a good shock absorbing climbing  harness.  I still have my super duty climbing belt with
>   two super stout  steel cable lanyards guaranteed to break your back in a fall 
> situation  or mush up some o' yo' innards.  ...and then I got the harness... 
> and  then I customized a tower to tilt over...and then  I ordered a  
> crank-up/tilt-over tower and a TiltPlate so I can do all
>   installs,  maint, etc. of tower, antenna, and rotator with my boots on the 
> ground.
>   Well... almost all.. I may have to use an 8 foot painter's ladder to  access 
> the rotator.
>   
>   Be safe, Mark.
>   
>   Patrick    NJ5G
>   
>   On 8/17/2015 11:29 PM, aa6dx@arrl.net wrote:
>   > HEY TTERS...I LOVE THIS SITE... GETTING 40’ OF 25G THIS NEXT WEEK OR SO, 
> (removing it from SK station for widder lady)
>   > GLAD TO HAVE ALL THIS REFERENCE & $$$ INFO!  Haven’t put up a twr since 
> nasty stroke last Feb.  Been up many 25G back in the days,
>   > hammin’ for over 50 years now .. still have belt!  Anyhow .. have fun on 
> this URL, es let me knw watcha think!
>   > http://www.3starinc.com/
>   > 73   Mark  AA6DX   EUREKA NOR CAL
>   > aa6dx@arrl.net
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