[NLRS] Never, ever commit this error of smarts ....

[Paul Beckmann]

Thank you all for the sage advice. Now to find a tower... and a City that
will allow me to put it up!

73
--Paul, wa0rse


*Paul Beckmann*
*1882 South Ln*
*Mendota Heights, MN 55118-4328*
*wa0rse at gmail.com <wa0rse at gmail.com>*
*612-414-0302 (cell, leave msg)*


On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson
<geraldj at netins.net>wrote:

>
>
> I fear you imagine in error. The problem is that the cross pieces of the
> lattice aren't strong enough nor their attachment to the tubes strong
> enough to take the load.
>
> The only safe practice is to telescope the sections all the way down or
> use the bucket truck or lay the tower over. And unless rigged right laying
> the extended tower over may bend it.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
>
> On 2/19/2014 2:05 PM, Paul Beckmann wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> If you must climb a tower in the extended position, e.g., a jammed pulley,
>> I would imagine that placing 2x4s in multiple places through the lattices
>> of the tower sections, especially under the bottoms of the interior
>> sections, would be a place to start. What else could be done that would be
>> considered "good practice"?
>>
>> Paul, wa0rse
>>
>>
>> *Paul Beckmann*
>> *1882 South Ln*
>> *Mendota Heights, MN 55118-4328*
>> *wa0rse at gmail.com<wa0rse at gmail.com>*
>> *612-414-0302 (cell, leave msg)*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson
>> <geraldj at netins.net>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Most manuals for telescoping towers are clear about never climbing them
>>> when not completely collapsed just because of this hazard. And that
>>> notification will protect the tower company from liability.
>>>
>>> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/19/2014 1:25 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Was it a crank-up telescoping tower? I thought the idea behind those was
>>>> you crank them all the way down to work on your antennas, then crank
>>>> them
>>>> up to use them. I would never even climb on one that was cranked up.
>>>> It's
>>>> a
>>>> wonder he didn't lose his feet, too.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:15 PM,<W0WOI at aol.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ham  radio operator looses hand and fingers in tower accident.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A 52-year-old ham radio operator in Athol lost several fingers and one
>>>>> of
>>>>> his hands Thursday when his amateur radio antenna tower collapsed on
>>>>> him
>>>>> while  he was working on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Multiple agencies responded to Bearpaw Galindo's home on Caravelle Road
>>>>> after his wife, Gail Perry, phoned 911 and informed a dispatcher the
>>>>> man
>>>>> was
>>>>> hanging 20 feet in the air with his right arm pinned within a
>>>>> telescoping-type  tower.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perry said Galindo was repairing a portion of the 40-foot-tall
>>>>>   telescoping
>>>>> tower, when a cable holding it up snapped and caused the top  portions
>>>>> of
>>>>> the tower to collapse on his hands.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I saw his fingers fly off of his right hand," Perry told The Press.
>>>>>  "I
>>>>> never want to see something like that again."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> According to the Timberlake Fire Protection District, crews were
>>>>> dispatched to the scene at 11:58 a.m., and proceeded to raise the tower
>>>>> in
>>>>> an  effort
>>>>> to free Galindo's arm. After 20 minutes, the man was extricated and
>>>>> lowered to the ground.  Galindo was trapped for a total of 45  minutes.
>>>>>    "I can't
>>>>> say anything better about them," Perry said of the  emergency
>>>>> responders.
>>>>> "They were awesome."
>>>>>
>>>>> Galindo was then transported by Life Flight to Kootenai Health.
>>>>> Doctors
>>>>> told Perry her husband was in critical condition early Thursday
>>>>>  evening.
>>>>> At
>>>>> 3 p.m., Galindo was taken into surgery, where doctors performed a
>>>>>   partial
>>>>> amputation on his left hand and a full amputation on the right.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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