[TowerTalk] Tree Service for Tower Work

[K9MA]

All well and good, if you happen to live in an area where professional antenna service is available. Many of us don't.

73,
Scott K9MA 

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Scott Ellington

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> On May 14, 2021, at 12:01 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
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> I have a LOT of experience both with guys who climb trees and those who climb towers. Never the twain should meet. A tower climber knows what to do when he gets up a tower, and usually has a lot of experience about what works and what doesn't. A tree climber doesn't have a clue, there's no way you can tell him enough for it not to be a disaster. Also, the climbing techniques and accessories are completely different.
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> My neighbor, NI6T, long ago topped one of his redwoods and somehow rigged HF beams to a section of Rohn 25 strapped to the top of it. When problems developed, he hired tree climbers to take one of the antennas down so he could repair it. The result was a train wreck.
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> BTW -- tree climbers ain't cheap. $900 for a 6 hour day is typical.
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> 73, Jim K9YC
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>> On 5/13/2021 6:21 PM, K9MA wrote:
>> We all know how hard it is to hire someone to do tower work. I just watched some tree service guys who, will pruning some trees for a ham friend, also installed some pulleys for antennas. Climbing towers is a whole lot easier and safer than climbing trees. There are tree services everywhere there are trees. Has anyone ever tried hiring one to do some non-technical tower work? Equipped with a radio and a helmet camera, I'd thing one could talk one of these guys through a lot of antenna work.
>> 73,
>> Scott K9MA
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