[TowerTalk] gorilla hooks

[Blake Bowers]

Perhaps one issue - often when going into an industrial
safety supply house, they will often have no idea what a "gorilla"
hook is.

The name they will know them by is "rebar" hook, under
their positioning gear.

But they do work great!


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gilbert" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
To: "Kenneth Goodwin" <krgoodwin at comcast.net>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] gorilla hooks


>
>
> I'm not sure why this is becoming so difficult ....
>
> I already stated that my gorilla hooks (three of them) are at the end of
> straps (heavy duty webbed ones) that attach to my full body harness.  My
> straps are relatively short, but long enough to easily reach the next
> cross member of the tower as I climb.  I own a couple of shock absorbing
> lanyards but don't use them because of their length .... by the time
> they brought me to a stop I would have fallen several feet (check the
> specs) and suffered lots of personal damage from the several climbing
> pegs I would have bounced off on the way down.  I'd rather be brought to
> an abrupt stop after just a couple of feet than be gored by a climbing
> peg or lose an eye to one.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 8/14/2010 1:58 PM, Kenneth Goodwin wrote:
>> You want more than the gorilla hooks.  You want them as part of an arrest
>> system which includes two gorilla hooks, webbing and a shock absorber. 
>> Some
>> sites I've bookmarked:
>> http://www.lhrservices.com/
>> http://www.conney.com/
>> http://www.pksafety.com/
>> http://www.ussafetyequipment.com/
>>
>> They will slow you down a little (especially when compared to 32 
>> ft/sec**2)
>> Ken K5RG
>>
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