Hello Patrick
I have one of those climbing belts, rarely use it anymore. They are not that
safe.
Currently use dbi Sala tower gear and accessories. This combined with tools
and test gear is close to 60 pounds, along with steel toed, nylon reinforced
sole shoes. This keeps all those OSHA rules and such happy.
Last Saturday (08/15/2015), I was on a 400' commercial tower.... working
between the 380 - 400' agl mark for >10 hours.
The ground crew was vital on sending up support supplies. No elevator, good
ol' physical endurance.
I'm available within a ~100 mile radius. Still planning on doing tower work
for another 20 years.
Thanks,
James
ki5dq
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On Tue, 8/18/15, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN TOWER& MAST DATA
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 8:56 AM
What do I think? I think you need a good shock absorbing climbing harness.
I still have my super duty climbing belt with
two super stout steel cable lanyards guaranteed to break your back in a fall
situation or mush up some o' yo' innards. ...and then I got the harness...
and then I customized a tower to tilt over...and then I ordered a
crank-up/tilt-over tower and a TiltPlate so I can do all
installs, maint, etc. of tower, antenna, and rotator with my boots on the
ground.
Well... almost all.. I may have to use an 8 foot painter's ladder to access
the rotator.
Be safe, Mark.
Patrick NJ5G
On 8/17/2015 11:29 PM, aa6dx@arrl.net wrote:
> HEY TTERS...I LOVE THIS SITE... GETTING 40’ OF 25G THIS NEXT WEEK OR SO,
> (removing it from SK station for widder lady)
> GLAD TO HAVE ALL THIS REFERENCE & $$$ INFO! Haven’t put up a twr since
> nasty stroke last Feb. Been up many 25G back in the days,
> hammin’ for over 50 years now .. still have belt! Anyhow .. have fun on
> this URL, es let me knw watcha think!
> http://www.3starinc.com/
> 73 Mark AA6DX EUREKA NOR CAL
> aa6dx@arrl.net
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