[TowerTalk] Climbing Belt

[Tom Anderson]

Mac:

I used to use a Klein (they make all kinds of safety equipment) climbing belt that my XYL bought me years ago.  It was actually a "tree climbers" belt which mean it had a wide leather webbing piece around the waist and a second piece that went underneath your posterior, where the legs meet the pelvis.  This belt design allowed the lower piece to take some of the strain off of your back when you were working a long time on top of the tower.  I also had a large wrap around the tower belt with big hooks to secure me to the tower.  I only used it on my 40 ft of Rohn 25.

Now I have a TriEx 50 ft crank up and just rent a scissors man lift for the weekend to do tower work.  XYL won't let me climb any more hi hi.  At 63 she says I'm too old and too big................

Tom, WW5L   

--- On Fri, 9/17/10, Mac English <km9zkb9mdl at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mac English <km9zkb9mdl at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Climbing Belt
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 9:02 AM
> Would anyone have a source other than
> Champion radio where I could get a good 
> climbing belt with gorilla hooks. Commercial belts would be
> great too. Email me 
> direct at: km9zkb9mdl at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Mac English
> KM9Z
> 
> 
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