[TowerTalk] More Rohn

[Robert West]

I agree.  Taking a tower down requires the same attention to safety but I,
along with others I've worked with, will treat it differently.  And
sometimes as a speed contest.  Not good.  

Man, you rode a 40 footer down?  That had to have been a ground kissing
experience.  How long after that did you decide to get back on that horse?

Bob-


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill K2OWR
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:17 PM
To: Wilson Lamb
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] More Rohn

:::: I raise the first 20' all at once, then send up the 3rd. section with 
the guys dangling from it, then connect them.
>From that point I risk climbing the next section unguyed, then the next
goes 
up with guys dangling, actually intended for the section after that and the 
whole process is repeated, guying every 30', but never climbing more than 
one section unguyed.

I used to climb two sections unguyed though, and never really felt 
unsecure......but not on a windy day :-)
I would not risk more than that. Temporarily guying every single section, 
then moving them is really being very safe.
Look at it this way, once you've constructed more than 30', you're going to 
break a lot of bones if it comes down.
I know this because I rode a 40' R25 down and broke my pelvis.....I was 
lucky.
BTW, that time I was actually taking down the tower and I find that's when 
you get stupider (?)

BILL K2OWR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet at embarqmail.com>
To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 15:57
Subject: [TowerTalk] More Rohn


> Assembly question:
> Does everyone work above the guywires to stack higher sections?
> Rohn says point blank that 25 is not self supporting "at any height" and
> that temporary guys should be attached as one goes up.  But I know lots of
> people stack all the way to the next guypoint without temporaries.
> What do YOU do?
>
> Wilson
> W4BOH
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