[TowerTalk] Erecting tower sections solo

[Patrick Greenlee]

You shouldn't feel insulted as clearly you are not at all like the 
hypothetical J walker but instead are a safety minded planner.

Patrick        NJ5G

On 12/5/2015 6:18 AM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> Patrick Greenlee , stated, "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."
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> As a very safety minded tower climber, am I the only one offended by this
> comment?  There is nothing inherently unsafe about planning out a tower job,
> having the right tools and equipment, and doing the work on one's own.  My
> tower work is safer alone than A LOT of what I have observed with a gaggle
> of "shack on a belt" types mulling around on the ground while one guy on the
> tower is yelling and cursing from 100 ft on what he forgot up there.  Solo
> vs crowd has absolutely nothing to do with safety.
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> Those of us that do tower work and build towers solo, are typically doing so
> because we live in more remote areas (like Vermont), have projects to do,
> know how to do them safely and what our and the projects limitations are,
> and just want to get the job done.
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> I have no detrimental opinion of anyone not physically capable, too afraid,
> or just not wanting to do so.  The feeling should be mutual, in my opinion.
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> Ed  N1UR
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