And, if this was a commercial job I think OSHA could have nailed them
with a hefty fine.
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:54:00 -0400 "Paul McInnish - Home"
<k4bet@bellsouth.net> writes:
> They were worse than insane... how about totally stupid!
> Professional? Ha!
> NO WAY! Those are the idiots that give the decent safety minded
> tower
> professional a bad name!
>
> Betcha if their insurance carrier had been sent photos of their
> stupid
> stunts, their insurance would have been cancelled in seconds!!! And
> every
> other carrier would know about it and refuse them insurance from
> that point
> on!!!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tttt ccccc" <k3hx@juno.com>
> To: <dlabat@tcinternet.net>
> Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] WARNING: Do not try this at home!
>
>
> This "professional" is insane!
>
> On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:44:54 -0500 "Dave LaBat"
> <dlabat@tcinternet.net>
> writes:
> > You know how 25G legs get compressed by overtorquing the bolts?
> Well a
> > professional showed me how you get the sections seperated.. you
> pull
> > the
> > bolts then climb up on the now unbolted section and rock it loose,
> > at over
> > 100 feet no less. I was worried he was going to take both of us
> off
> > the
> > tower!
> > Dave KØXH
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com>
> > To: <K7LXC@aol.com>
> > Cc: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Towertalk] WARNING: Do not try this at home!
> >
> >
> > > I once saw a pair of PROFESSIONAL? (really) tower installers put
> > up 120
> > feet
> > > of Rohn 55....unguyed. I now know it can be done...but I
> wouldn't
> > have
> > > wanted to be up there.
> > > Bill K4XS
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