I as well. I have worked for one of the "big 3" tower companies for 20 years
now and have 10 men under me and we all used to climb as well as I. The one
mentioned below I still have with several others. Mine also has a chest D-Ring
for attaching to the safety climb with a beaner (commercial towers) so when
going up you don't have to do so much clipping on and off the tower. The only
climbing I do now is on my own towers but still have an SRL, safety bag to put
at the bottom of the tower, and all the trimmings. I use a double hook on the
back. One to me and two for the tower as well as positioning lanyard when up
there etc.
When it comes to your life, being cheap on PPE will get you dead. Also don’t
forget the climbing helmet. __
73 Dave n4zkf
e-mail: n4zkf@n4zkf.com
web: http://www.n4zkf.com
AR-Cluster node: 145.05 Mhz. or telnet://dxc.n4zkf.com:23
N4ZKF/R 147.375 Mhz. Tone 103.5
On 7/7/20, 7:03 AM, "TowerTalk on behalf of Richard Thorne"
<towertalk-bounces@contesting.com on behalf of rthorne@rthorne.net> wrote:
Keith,
I purchased a SALA Exofit from
https://www.gmesupply.com/dbi-sala-exofit-nex-construction-harness The
local Wireless internet guys use this model for climbing their internet
towers, including mine. So I was able to watch it in action.
It has two D rings on the belt for attaching to the tower and a D ring
on the upper back for the fall arrest lanyard's.
I used to use a lanyard attached to the D rings for attaching myself to
the tower while working. AB5K installed my rotating tower and he used a
different setup. He used a large gorilla hook connected to each D ring
on the belt with a carabiner. It's so much easier to attach the
gorilla hook to the tower than trying to throw a lanyard around the
tower to attach to the tower.
When I need to connect to the tower so I can begin work, it's very easy
to attach the gorilla hooks to a tower and capture a cross brace so I
can't slide down. It requires very short comfortable movements to attach
to the tower in this way.
For carrying tools I ordered a couple leather pouches I attached to the
belt as well as a ring on each belt for hauling things up the tower via
a rope etc.
Rich - N5ZC
On 7/7/2020 5:47 AM, Keith Dutson wrote:
> I started climbing back in 1998 when erecting my 150 foot Rohn 45 tower.
My
> ham friend who had been climbing for many years recommended a Miller nylon
> climbing belt with two nylon gorilla hooks to attach while climbing. This
> has served me well for more than twenty years, but as I get older, I am
more
> concerned with safety. I think it is time for a full body harness with
fall
> arrest. I would use the gorilla hooks attached to the fall arrest.
>
> What are you using? I would like some advice, especially regarding fit
and
> comfort, as well as performance. Thanks.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
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