[TowerTalk] Crank Up towers

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

Your preferences are certainly reasonable, Steve, but I much prefer to climb
my skinny little 50' guyed Rohn 25 than my nested HDX-672 (sic). The crankup
has three demerits for climbing: The nested sections leave no room for your
feet. This particular tower is so big around that I can't get my climbing
belt lanyard around it. And even with the sections blocked against
accidental collapse, I still envision failure modes that could chop off a
finger or worse. The last time I had to climb my nested crankup, I used a
long extension ladder and felt much safer.

73,

/Rick N6XI

On 12/22/05, Steve Katz <stevek at jmr.com> wrote:
>
> Extendable towers are slim and occupy less yard space yet remain
> highly serviceable and if you have to climb one, you don't have to climb
> very far (since you can only safely climb one when it's fully retracted
> anyway).  As I get older, this is becoming a better feature.
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