[TowerTalk] Climbing a Glen Martin RT1832 roof tower

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I would tie (very securely in several places--for stability) a ladder to one of the sides.  This would allow a 
lot of the downward forces to be distributed between the roof and the tower.

I have the Glen Martin 9 foot roof tower and I have used this method several times and I felt very 
comfortable and the tower does not show any signs of the extra strain.

   -- Bruce, WA3AFS

On 26 Aug 2007 at 7:04, Jon M Knodel wrote:

> I am putting together a new Glen Martin RT1832 roof tower (why I
> selected this tower is another story all together!).  I am planning on
> installing my 3 element SteppIR on this tower.  With the antenna,
> rotor and mast, I am under the specified max tower load of 110 lbs.  
> 
> But, I plan on climbing the tower for installation (obviously) and
> later for periodic maintenance of the antenna.  I am a pretty big guy
> and will most definitely be overloading the tower while climbing it
> (according to the max specified load limit of the tower).  The tower
> is all aluminum construction and I'm wondering if my weight will
> damage or weaken the tower in any way or if it is something I should
> even worry about.  Any thoughts?  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Jon N7XW
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