[TowerTalk] "Bucket Truck" for Tower Work?

[Jeff Maass]

I'm beginning to shop for a crane to assist in the refit of my 70'
tower. I was looking at hourly rental of a crane with a 80-foot
working height with operator included.

A neighbor suggested that he could get me a weekend rental
of a "bucket truck", where the operator rides in the bucket while
controlling the extension of the boom. This would seem to be
ideal should any on-tower tuning be needed, as well as significantly
cheaper than a crane/operator.

Does anyone have experience with using one of these devices for
tower work? Problems (other than my hesitation to operate it
without adequate training)? Caveats?

I'll be removing a small tribander and Hay-Gain 2-element 40 and
installing a KT34XA and Cushcraft 2-element 40.

73, 
Jeff Maass       jmaass@columbus.rr.com     Located near Columbus Ohio
         USPSA # L-1192       NROI/CRO    Amateur Radio K8ND
    Maass' IPSC Resources Page:  http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass


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