Frist.... I have built mast steps and used them. I would not climb a mast
that has the rotor at the first cross rung rohn 25,45 ,55
the mast and rotor must be inserted at least 7 or 8 ft B-4 I would attempt
that. even then there is a Pucker factor involved.
I have in the past stepped on the boom of a tri bander etc. while installing a
vhf/uhf antenna on the mast. but that mast was only 4
or 5 ft out of the tower. and we are talking about real mast material NOT
water pipe :/
On the Rohn 65 issue , yup the steps are a challenge. it's not the right left
regular climb, but for me a one step adjust he lanyard
one step again routine . with he face being 24" you lanyard is a pita as you
go up or down .
Wayne W3EA
> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:02:13 -0500
> From: k1ttt@verizon.net
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mast steps
>
> my thought would be more like... mount the top section with rotor and thrust
> bearing sideways and then climb out on the mast... how far would you go
> before the rotor or or top section or thrust bearing broke? granted you
> climbing the mast won't put 100% of your weight sideways, but you are a live
> load and the components are not brand new by the time you need to go fix
> something. personally I always lower the antennas to me rather than climb a
> mast.
>
>
> Aug 19, 2013 09:53:38 AM, kz8e@wt.net wrote:
>
> I also built steps for my mast when I built the tower. I haven't used them
> yet as I haven't needed to service the antennas above the tower yet. That's
> going to change soon as the top yagi is acting up. I have stepped onto the
> flattop of the Rohn 45 while belted to the mast but its going to take a
> little more mindset to start stepping up above the tower onto mast steps.
> Luckily I am over 6 ft tall so I don't have to go all ten feet up. As usual I
> am sure the first step will be the hardest. Its a Moly 4180 mast so you have
> to tell yourself that you could mount it horizontal by one end and be able to
> shinny out on the other end but somehow that is of little comfort.
>
> I am sure it will be a new thrill.
>
> As for spacing I was going to use the same spacing as the tower rungs.
>
> Earl
> N8SS
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:52:11 -0700
> From: "Jim Thomson"
> To:
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Rohn 65G climbing steps...18 inchs apart !
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> I noticed that Rohn 65G has the steps 18 inchs apart...vs the 15 inchs apart
> on rohn 45 + 55.
> 18 inchs seems like a huge spread between each step....for both your
> feet...and hands.
> For you folks with 65G towers, are they harder to climb ? On a 100-200 ft
> tower, I
> could see this being an issue. Im not planning to install any 65G... it was
> just a general
> observation on my part.
>
> On a similar note, for folks who install mast steps, how far apart are you
> spacing them ?
> I see that 12 inch spacing is used on most extension ladders. I made my own
> mast steps,
> soon to be installed. I may build 1-2 more, just to reduce the spacing a bit
> between each step.
>
> Jim VE7RF
>
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