[TowerTalk] Work Platform

[Charles Mills]

Biggest concern I would have without even looking at it is that it was
designed as a tree stand for hunting deer and not work on a steel or
aluminum tower.   I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to doing what the
engineers tell you -- he/she has the stamp.  I don't.

Chuck / W3YNI

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Mickey Baker <fishflorida at gmail.com> wrote:

> If your tower is a wooden pole, this might work out. You could sit at the
> top of your tower and wait for deer.
>
> If you tower is metal, this won't work. The teeth that are meant to
> penetrate the wood of the tree (this is a tree stand, after all) will slide
> down the face of the tower with you aboard and scrape the
> galvanizing/anodizing layer off your tower as it abruptly deposits  you on
> the ground, or snags on a cross member and tilts, again depositing whomever
> is aboard abruptly on the ground.
>
> Paraphrasing Michael Collins, "The laws of physics are unforgiving. And the
> ground is hard."
>
> Most tower manufacturers make a work platform for their product.  This is
> what I use:
>
> http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/SafetyStand.html
>
> 73,
>
> Mickey N4MB
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Kris Mraz <n5kilomike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone considered using a hunter's tree stand as a tower work
> platform?
> > http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13148732
> >
> > Seems like if it's safe enough up a tree it should be safe for tower
> work.
> > Plus,
> > you'd have a place to sit down if you're up the tower for an extended
> > period
> > of time.
> >
> > Kris N5KM
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