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

Wed Feb 19 16:47:01 EST 2014

On 02/19/2014 03:12 PM, Paul Beckmann wrote:
>
> 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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I use a crane or bucket truck.  They aren't that expensive.


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