[TowerTalk] Standing up 90 ft of 25G

K7LXC at aol.com K7LXC at aol.com
Tue Sep 4 04:55:02 EDT 2007


 
In a message dated 9/3/2007 6:28:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  The video is scary in that there are no safety precautions  taken by any 
of the workers,  No hard hats, no obvious safety officer  directing 
things etc.  The guys walking under the tower would not  have stood a 
chance of getting away if there had been a  failure.


    HOLY CRAP!!!! Ninety feet of unguyed 25G and NO  ONE is holding on to any 
guys?!? These guys were LUCKY!

>Is this a  wise thing to do?  Standing up 90 feet of Rohn 25G with a 
>raising  fixture.
>
>Part  1
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgtNNvIU-Kg&mode
>part  2
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWLo-n4qAuA&mode
 
    Hell no! Amateurs do the craziest things.
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC

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