This link was posted a while back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA
Nothing we hams do can compare to these guys. I find it the ultimate in "pucker
power".
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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Re: Need Advice on Cherry PickerCrane
Posted by: "Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604" n6tqs@arrl.net n6tqs
Sun Jul 1, 2007 6:58 pm (PST)
This is getting into TowerTalk territory, but I could see using a
bucket truck to get a ladder high and then attaching it firmly to the
tower or even a good mast. And attaching steps to a mast is perfectly
reasonable. IIX Equipment used to sell such things, but they'd be easy
enough to manufacture with a drill press and an account at
McMaster-Carr.
73, doug
From: Mark Klocksin <mpklocksin@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 15:18:58 -0500
We all take risks we shouldn't, but using a ladder on top of a bucket
truck sounds very foolish to me.
73, Mark WA9IVH
On Jul 1, 2007, at 2:57 PM, Larry wrote:
> Talk about nerve, I saw a pro put temporary steps that were attached with
> large U bolts on a mast above one antenna and walk up the mast installing
> steps as he went, to work on the other antenna above. I could not look, but
> I guess he does it all the time. Just call me little chicken, I have to use
> two belts and unhook one at a time to go around guy brackets and then it
> takes me a few minutes to recover my nerve. At my age now, I just watch the
> younger guys do it. 73 Larry
>
> Larry Wassman W3OZ
>
> ARRL #1 Honor Roll
>
> http://www.w3oz.com
>
> _____
>
> From: SteppIR@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SteppIR@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of
> David
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 11:51 AM
> To: SteppIR@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [SteppIR] Re: Need Advice on Cherry PickerCrane
>
> A guy I know (with more nerve than I have) puts a ladder in a lift bucket
> and lashes the top to the pole and climbs up the ladder to the top of the
> pole.
> This is the problem with monopoles.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Art Burke
> To: SteppIR@yahoogroups <mailto:SteppIR%40yahoogroups.com> .com
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:51 AM
> Subject: [SteppIR] Re: Need Advice on Cherry PickerCrane
>
> My tower is 60 feet. With the mast protruding out the top, the
> SteppIR sits at about 65 feet. Unfortunately, I built my tower
> before I researched lifts, cranes, etc.
>
> The local rental place has those lifts that will only go to 50 feet..
> I haven't checked rental prices or heights available on a bucket
> truck. The 50-foot thingie rents for $250 per day. Since it won't
> reach anyway.....
>
> I asked if they had anything taller. They said they could get
> something that would go to 75 feet, but it was special order and a
> lot more money.
>
> Each time I've done serious antenna work on this tower (twice now),
> I hired a crane and got the job done in minimum time. The cost to me
> was approximately $270. The crane guys have a three-hour minimum and
> each job only took slightly over an hour.
>
> I would love to have access to an affordable "lift" system to get to
> the top of my antenna. Standing on the lift seems a lot safer than
> scrunched into the top of my tower. I'll be 63 in a few months and
> while I'm still in pretty darned good shape for my age, the time
> when I either don't have the nerve to climb or the ability, is fast
> approaching.
>
> Art - N4PJ
>
> --- In SteppIR@yahoogroups <mailto:SteppIR%40yahoogroups.com> .com,
> "David"
> <kc0ll@...> wrote:
> >
> > How high do you need to go?
> > Look at www.kc0ll.net and under antennas you will see me using a
> Genie man lift to add antennas on a top section that is still on the
> ground. This one would go up to 40 feet, but they make them that go
> higher. Very easy to use, put plywood and/or other things under the
> pads if on soft ground. Mine was not one that rolled around, it had
> out riggers, you set it and leave it while working. Lifts two people
> and cost me $150 from Friday to Monday morning. Very cheap compared
> to falling off a ladder.
> >
> >
> >
> > David F. Branson
> >
> > Senior Technician
> > Action Communications, Inc.
> > Tucson, AZ
> > 520.792.0326
> > 520.792.2709 fax
> > KCØLL@...
> > http://www.kc0ll. <http://www.kc0ll.net> net
> > http://www.ActionCo <http://www.ActionCommunications.com>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: James C. Garland
> > To: SteppIR@yahoogroups <mailto:SteppIR%40yahoogroups.com> .com
> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 6:53 AM
> > Subject: [SteppIR] Need Advice on Cherry PickerCrane
> >
> > Gang,
> >
> > I'm getting ready to install my 4 el SteppIR on my tubular tower and am
> > thinking of renting a "cherry picker" crane. Daily rental rates are
> > reasonable,
> > and I could use it also to do some tower maintenance and wiring.
> > However, I've never used one and am curious about how hard they are to
> > operate?
> >
> > I'm sure it would be easy to use one to lift the antenna up to the height of
> > the mast, but I'm unsure as how to move a 100 lb+ antenna over to the mast
> > to install the U-bolts. I'm sure this ground has been trod before and would
> > appreciate any advice or hints.
> >
> > Tnx and 73,
> >
> > Jim W8ZR
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