Yeah, ur right!
My other bad habit was to climb with using the Klein bole belt bought at the
flea market. I now have a real, new, harness and y-type fall arrest lanyard.
Always connected. I fixed that real good but I climb slow as a result. I next
need to fix the problem of working when alone....
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tek Supp" <teksaport@hotmail.com>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:36:37 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] neverseize on tower legs
:) Luckily it wasn't into someones head.
John
K7ALA
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:32:07 +0000
From: al_n6ta@comcast.net
To: teksaport@hotmail.com
CC: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] neverseize on tower legs
So, I watched the 2x6 float to earth and decided the TowerJack was a good. idea
It worked well and I would recommend it. Good for installs and take downs.
So, I also dropped it and it stuck like a jack knife. Not as brite yellow as
when new, but just as useful.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tek Supp" <teksaport@hotmail.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 9:46:22 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] neverseize on tower legs
I second the "...but it's hard to manage aloft...". It was not pretty nor fun
in getting those up there and using them, but it was all I had at the time, and
I made sure to tie off everything to a lanyard (the jack, the 2x4's and the
jack crank arm). Most importantly (if I may offer this adivce), watch your
face/head when the section you are trying to get loose, does come loose. As I
mentioned previously, that section was being pulled from below (via ginpole),
and when the section came loose, it shot up (and back down), and the jack and
2x4's took a leap off the tower and ended up against me with a few bruises to
match (luckily though they were still attached and didn't hurt anyone or
anything below.
I looked into the TowerJack and didn't buy it, but wished I had something
easier than what I ended up doing. So whatever you do use, tie it off and
watch out.
Thanks
John
K7ALA
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 22:14:27 -0500
> From: jimjarvis@optonline.net
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] neverseize on tower legs
>
>
> Tony,
>
> Get yourself a "TowerJack".
>
> You'll need to overcome gravity, plus whatever alignment distortion
> generated friction there was when you assembled, plus corrosion.
>
> Towerjack works.
>
> Car jack and 2x4's works, too, but it's hard to manage aloft.
>
> N2EA/Jim
>
> ps: it's actually easier to take this stuff apart vertically than
> horizontally,
> so laying it over intact and then disassembling isn't fun. Vertical
> disassembly
> obviously requires a ginpole. And a ground crew.
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