I would tie (very securely in several places--for stability) a ladder to one of
the sides. This would allow a
lot of the downward forces to be distributed between the roof and the tower.
I have the Glen Martin 9 foot roof tower and I have used this method several
times and I felt very
comfortable and the tower does not show any signs of the extra strain.
-- Bruce, WA3AFS
On 26 Aug 2007 at 7:04, Jon M Knodel wrote:
> I am putting together a new Glen Martin RT1832 roof tower (why I
> selected this tower is another story all together!). I am planning on
> installing my 3 element SteppIR on this tower. With the antenna,
> rotor and mast, I am under the specified max tower load of 110 lbs.
>
> But, I plan on climbing the tower for installation (obviously) and
> later for periodic maintenance of the antenna. I am a pretty big guy
> and will most definitely be overloading the tower while climbing it
> (according to the max specified load limit of the tower). The tower
> is all aluminum construction and I'm wondering if my weight will
> damage or weaken the tower in any way or if it is something I should
> even worry about. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
>
> Jon N7XW
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