[TowerTalk] Lifeline

[Steve Maki]

It would be easy to mount a permanent pulley block (of the right kind 
and of adequate strength) to the the top of a leg using steel hardware - 
no slings.

Have a permanent light long lasting rope strung up thru the block and 
back down.

Use the light line to pull a lifeline up thru the block and back down 
whenever you need to climb. Reverse the process when you get done.

Our 5/8" lifelines (safety climb ropes) are 3 strand twist ropes made 
from either polyester or nylon. Most rope grabs are made for 5/8" rope. 
Stay away from polypropylene which turns to dust in the sunlight very 
quickly.

-Steve K8LX

On 09/09/20 13:36 PM, Wilson Lamb wrote:

> I thought of that, but couldn't figure out how to secure the top end of
> the lifeline without climbing up there. Perhaps there's some mechanism
> which would do that. Otherwise, the halyard has to be as strong as the
> lifeline.
> 
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
> 
> I  meant to rig the lifeline up over the top and back down inside the tower, tied off at the bottom.
> Then when you remove it, you pull the junk halyard