[TowerTalk] Need Advice on Cherry Picker

[Mark Beckwith]

> Agreed and I won't do it again either.  Unfortunately,
> it's about the only thing that is able to get through
> my side yard into the back yard.


This is the same reason I used one once.  It was far from "comfortable" but 
also far from unsafe.  I would do it again.  I am used to seeing fearless 
stage techs on these things in theatres where the floor is smooth, flat and 
strong.  I reasoned to myself that if the ground you were setting the lift 
on was comparable, then it would be okay.  I was working over a masonry 
patio, and put down plywood squares to protect the tile and distribute the 
force a bit, and was extremely careful to get the unit level, which 
obviously makes the difference between the best lift experience and not the 
best.

Two days of antenna work later, I can honestly say this was by far the 
easiest way to do this difficult job.  Four really big Force-12s on two 
towers over a Spanish-style red tile roof with foliage everywhere, in the 
backyard and sideyard....

Mark, N5OT