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I get dizzy when I go up my ladder or stand on a two foot stool.Y'all
can have that high wire stuff!
cuhulin

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Keith wrote:

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This guy carries 30 pounds of tools up the ladder with him? Most
climbers I know take the end of a line with them, then attach a pulley
where they'll be working, then they send the end of the rope back down.
Then the ground crew can send up tools, parts, whatever, and you don't
have to worry about not forgetting anything but the rope and the pulley.

Maybe he works alone...

Climbing a 1,700 ft Antenna Tower
 

dave wrote:
Keith wrote:

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This guy carries 30 pounds of tools up the ladder with him? Most
climbers I know take the end of a line with them, then attach a pulley
where they'll be working, then they send the end of the rope back down.
Then the ground crew can send up tools, parts, whatever, and you don't
have to worry about not forgetting anything but the rope and the pulley.

The climbers you know probably climb 100 ft towers?

With this tower that would require 3,400 ft of rope, which probably
weighs more than the tools and will be very difficult to handle.

Climbing a 1,700 ft Antenna Tower
 

Rob wrote:
wrote:
Keith wrote:

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This guy carries 30 pounds of tools up the ladder with him? Most
climbers I know take the end of a line with them, then attach a pulley
where they'll be working, then they send the end of the rope back down.
Then the ground crew can send up tools, parts, whatever, and you don't
have to worry about not forgetting anything but the rope and the pulley.

The climbers you know probably climb 100 ft towers?

With this tower that would require 3,400 ft of rope, which probably
weighs more than the tools and will be very difficult to handle.

You take a messenger rope (3/32") up with you. Once through the pulley
and back down that rope is used to lift a more substantial rope, all
done by the winch on the service truck. This is a safety feature. People
cramp up sometimes.

Climbing a 1,700 ft Antenna Tower
 

On 25 Nov 2010 20:22:50 GMT, Rob wrote:

With this tower that would require 3,400 ft of rope, which probably
weighs more than the tools and will be very difficult to handle.

9mm static line weighs 57 gm/meter. A 1000 meter loop would weight
57kg or 126 lbs. No thanks. Also, the line has quite a bit of wind
resistance and will probably cause the 30 lb tool bag to sway quite a
bit in the wind. However, since he rode the elevator almost to the
top, he might be able to handle a 50 meter single static line to the
top of the elevator.

Nice video. I wonder what they were repairing on top of the tower?
Replacing the tower light?

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Climbing a 1,700 ft Antenna Tower
 

If they could put a wind powered generator up there, they could have
more than enough power for the light.
Get Mike Rowe at Dirty Jobs to replace the light bulb.
cuhulin

Climbing a 1,700 ft Antenna Tower
 

WLBT 3's Tower is 1,889 feet, 10 inches tall, and there is a 67 foot
transmitting antenna on top of that.1,956 feet, 10 inches tall.
Better bring some extra rope.

http://www.devilfinder.com
Tallest Communications Tower in Mississippi
cuhulin

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On 11/25/10 10:53 , Keith wrote:

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Didn't we see this about 3 months ago?

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Cool. I have three friends who got sick watching the video :)
Wayne