It is disappointing to see people line up to take a turn at claiming to
walk across the street without looking in either direction and not
getting run over thinking making it alive somehow proves that it is a
safe and good idea to repeat. On the other hand... there is a
significant wide spectrum of physical capabilities and what might seem
Herculean and dangerous to one person might be pretty trivial to another.
Yesterday I completed a twice a week for 10 weeks physical therapy
regimen. When I started I did 10 reps of a particular exercise with
moderate difficulty, involving a 2 pound weight. Yesterday I whipped
out 30 reps with 14 lbs. My point is that there are wide variations in
physical abilities so it is not trivial to judge the providence of a
particular physical feat. However, some things are just inherently
improvident and are foolhardy irrespective of your superman physique.
Roll the dice long enough and you might roll "snake eyes."
I will stay with my nice NN4ZZ TiltPlate and tilt-over/crank-up towers.
Patrick
On 12/4/2015 8:03 AM, Mike Ryan wrote:
Chris, I have read a number of these posts from 'supermen' who have
put their towers up solo. Personally, I think it is not only risky but
kinda silly. Why take the risk...ANY risk for the sake of this hobby?
If you can't find someone to help you pull up a section of ROHN 25,
then don't do it on FLAG DAY, or GROUNDHOG'S DAY or whatever...wait
for a day when you have some help. That way when you need to have the
NEXT section sent up, there is someone down there to tie it on and you
don't have to CLIMB BACK DOWN to do it. Sure a lot less work when you
think about it ... and safer to oot. -Mike
-----Original Message----- From: Chris
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 10:10 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com reflector
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Erecting tower sections solo
What scares me about using a winch with a remote control is having the
remote break, get stuck, or otherwise fail to stop winding in cable.
Then the tower gets pulled down with you on the top!
Chris
KF7P
On Dec 2, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Ken K6MR wrote:
Using a small electric winch has a safety advantage over other
methods: if something gets stuck they will stall rather than break
the lifting cable (or worse yet, pull the tower over). If you pay
attention to the noise it makes you can detect a problem almost
instantly and stop before something bends or breaks.
Ken K6MR
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