[TowerTalk] Coax above ground

[Patrick Greenlee]

I was told you need to do sufficient "hardening " of your attractive 
nuisance such that you meet the test of due diligence.  All the signs in 
the world at the property line won't help you if the tower doesn't have 
adequate anti-climb panels in place  and some brat climbs up and falls 
off.  It shouldn't be that way but it is. Juries look at you as rich 
given your investment in "toys" and they love to go after insurance 
companies and rich folks as "deep pockets" to provide egregious awards 
to the injured kid.

Patrick        NJ5G

On 3/19/2016 3:20 PM, Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk wrote:
> I will need to cut a path open for this cable route through trees. By 
> the time a kid with a dirt bike makes it to these cables, he will 
> already be in need of medical attention! The only other kids around 
> here are deer. I think I will probably go up to 6ft above ground, but 
> 4x4 pressure treated posts seem to turn into "bananas" after a while 
> from the sun, so I though keeping it short would help. Perhaps I 
> should use gum poles instead.
> You mention liability, which makes we wonder if the same kid 
> trespasses and drive into one of my tower's guy wires..... I wasn’t 
> really planning on fencing the guy anchor posts either since.
> There will be a gate access gate with warning signs at the entrance to 
> the property.
> 73
> NJ0F
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Joe Subich, W4TV
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 3:06 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax above ground
>
>
> On 3/19/2016 1:42 PM, Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk wrote:
>> After considering all the options of burying this, I came to the
>> conclusion that it will be easier running these cables above ground
>> on 4x4 support poles, about 4ft off the ground.
>
> Unless the entire property is fenced and posted, I don't think I would
> run *any* cables at four feet above ground.  The chance of an accident
> is simply too great - along with the nature of the injuries that could
> result.  I would not have anything below about 8 feet (other than guy
> wires which are unavoidable) and the low ends of the guy wires would
> have "high visibility" covers.
>
> The US legal system is a farce when it comes to liability these days -
> if a "rich kid" out running wild on a dirt bike or ATV were to hit the
> cable runs, even though trespassing, you could be responsible for the
> injuries due to creating unsafe conditions.
>
> I am not an attorney.  Contact yours to make sure your interests are
> protected *before* constructing anything that could be considered
> unsafe.
>
> 73,
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
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