[TowerTalk] ROHN Work Platform

[Jim White, K4OJ]

Better solution - professional work shoes with steel shanks - caution 
very expensive - I believe Redwing sells these, will prevent pigeon foot 
- and you are not tied down to working at one height/on one face of the 
tower...

DO NOT ACCEPT the salesman's word that shoes are steel shank - if you 
can bend the dole with your hands - they ain't... there are some designs 
with a partial shank - you need one that runs along a long portion of 
the sole.

Some of my friends do tower work in sneakers - personally I think they 
are nutso for doing this - while the shoe itself is comfortable down on 
the ground it has no resistance to bending when all your weight is on a 
5/16 rod!

...I never shelled out for the real shoes but instead bought 
construction workers high tops which have a hard sole - it does not bend 
as much and your feet will know it after a stint in one place...

73,

Jim, K4OJ

*** GL to all the PVRC/Isabel target area towertalk guys





GALE STEWARD wrote:
> Does ROHN still make and sell the work platform (I
> think that's what it's called) that attached to the
> tower so you have something to stand on other than the
> horizontal braces? I spent an hour+ on the tower after
> work on Tuesday night putting the prop pitch back
> together after a rebuild. After standing in mostly the
> same spot for that length of time my feet were
> hurting. Tower is R25. I was wearing heavy work boots
> so I had plenty of support. I think they made these
> work platforms for R25 and 45. Are they useful or not?
> I would have loved to have one on Tuesday!
> 
> 73, Stew K3ND
> 
> 
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