[TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT

jeremy-ca km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Wed Jun 27 13:24:19 EDT 2007


Ive taken down a few ham/CB/2 way towers that were unsafe to climb and the 
customer would not pay for a crane. These came down very fast with the aid 
of a Sawzall and a cable cutter.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <wcmoore at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT


>
> In a message dated 6/27/2007 6:59:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>>  You have a choice.
>
>>  One, climb the tower  and hope it does not fail.
>
>>  Two, call a professional with a  crane and have him do it the safer way.
>
>>  The second choice is  more expensive but what is your health and life
> worth?
>
>    I was saddened to hear of Joey's accident.  Fortunately real tower
> accidents are few and far between.
>
>    THE MOST DANGEROUS TOWER ACTIVITY YOU CAN DO IS  TO TAKE DOWN A TOWER
> THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT! Joe Rudi, NK7U, also had an  accident 
> recently in
> the same scenario. I'm sure there are more we don't  hear about.
>
>    A previous post about inspecting everything was  very good. But there's
> probably a reason why you have a gut feeling about  something not being 
> right
> sometimes. If there's ANY doubt in your mind, walk  away from it. I've 
> done
> that several times myself and have never regretted  it If you're still 
> interested
> in getting it down, call in the pros.
>
>    The best thing to do is to get a two- hook crane  in there. That way 
> the
> crane can run you up in the man-basket with one  hook to attach the slings 
> to
> the top of the tower with the other  hook, then you get lowered off and 
> the
> second hook can pick the tower up. I've  done this with 100' 25G towers 
> with no
> problem. Since someone has to be at the  top of the tower to rig it for
> lowering, this is the way you do it so you  don't have to climb it. In 
> both cases
> there was NO WAY I was going to climb  those towers.
>
> Cheers & climb safe,
> Steve     K7LXC
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