[NLRS] hire a bucket truck for rooftop antenna removal?

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

A couple summers ago I hired a tree trimmer crew to remove four trees 
around the acreage. They came with a bucket lift but I found they had 
rented it for the weekend for several hundred bucks. The weekend cost me 
$2400 but prevented trees falling on the house or old garage and left me 
with a walnut log I might be able to sell for considerable cash some day.

They rented the bucket lift from a machinery rental place here in 
central Iowa. The hint I got was that it cost considerably more than a 
couple new tripods, masts, and antennas you want to save.

If you have good balance perhaps an extension ladder to the end of the 
roof at the peak might allow you two walk with one foot on each side of 
the ridge with some safety to get to the antennas and tripods. Removing 
the tripods probably will be difficult needing practically laying on the 
roof to back out lag bolts from the rood structure. Difficult to do 
unless you can get the bucket lift to reach along side the ridge and can 
reach the roof surface from the bucket.

Otherwise working on such a steep roof can require a safety rope over 
the ridge to an anchor on the ground to keep you from sliding down and 
off the roof.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 7/10/2018 5:34 PM, Eric Koester wrote:
>
>
> I am moving from Minneapolis to Minnetonka.
> I have 2 roof tripods with 10 foot masts and TV / ham antennas on them.
> The roof is a 45 degree pitch and about 20 feet at the apex.
> I would like to get everything down without destroying the antennas or
> killing myself.
>
> I think I'd like to hire a bucket truck that would allow me to ride
> up, unbolt the antennas, remove the masts and remove the tripods.
>
> Does anyone know of a tree trimmer business or other bucket truck
> operator who would allow me to ride up and do this?
>
> Advice appreciated!
>
> Eric Koester
> ka0ywn
> cell/text 612-237-4839
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