[TowerTalk] Erecting tower sections solo

[Patrick Greenlee]

It is disappointing to see people line up to take a turn at claiming to 
walk across the street without looking in either direction and not 
getting run over thinking making it alive somehow proves that it is a 
safe and good idea to repeat.  On the other hand... there is a 
significant wide spectrum of physical capabilities and what might seem 
Herculean and dangerous to one person might be pretty trivial to another.

Yesterday I completed a twice a week for 10 weeks physical therapy 
regimen.  When I started I did 10 reps of a particular exercise with 
moderate difficulty, involving a 2 pound weight.  Yesterday I whipped 
out 30 reps  with 14 lbs.  My point is that there are wide variations in 
physical abilities so it is not trivial to judge the providence of a 
particular physical feat.  However, some things are just inherently 
improvident and are foolhardy irrespective of your superman physique. 
Roll the dice long enough and you might roll "snake eyes."

I will stay with my nice NN4ZZ TiltPlate and tilt-over/crank-up towers.

Patrick

On 12/4/2015 8:03 AM, Mike Ryan wrote:
> Chris, I have read a number of these posts from 'supermen' who have 
> put their towers up solo. Personally, I think it is not only risky but 
> kinda silly. Why take the risk...ANY risk for the sake of this hobby? 
> If you can't find someone to help you pull up a section of ROHN 25, 
> then don't do it on FLAG DAY, or GROUNDHOG'S DAY or whatever...wait 
> for a day when you have some help. That way when you need to have the 
> NEXT section sent up, there is someone down there to tie it on and you 
> don't have to CLIMB BACK DOWN to do it.  Sure a lot less work when you 
> think about it ... and safer to oot.  -Mike
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> -----Original Message----- From: Chris
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 10:10 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com reflector
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Erecting tower sections solo
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> What scares me about using a winch with a remote control is having the 
> remote break, get stuck, or otherwise fail to stop winding in cable.  
> Then the tower gets pulled down with you on the top!
>
> Chris
> KF7P
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> On Dec 2, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Ken K6MR wrote:
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>> Using a small electric winch has a safety advantage over other 
>> methods: if something gets stuck they will stall rather than break 
>> the lifting cable (or worse yet, pull the tower over). If you pay 
>> attention to the noise it makes you can detect a problem almost 
>> instantly and stop before something bends or breaks.
>>
>> Ken K6MR
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