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Post by snorkleman on Jan 29, 2004 17:09:23 GMT -5
Well I was checking through some old pic folders and found some random shots I thought were worth posting...  My clutch has seen better days than when it left me while going through the hole. OHHH so thats why there is a cover over the slave cylinder...  We thought it would be fun to take bets on who got tossed out first.   Ok this is random. But a pic from warmer days when we were working on a tower in NC.  Another shot from the ground...   |
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Post by DeadlyPeace on Jan 30, 2004 13:22:00 GMT -5
So have have you checked back on that mud hole since you did the SAS?
Also was wondering.....were you really working on that tower, or is that just where you got the metal to build you flex ramp? ;D LOL ;D
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Post by snorkleman on Jan 30, 2004 14:25:58 GMT -5
Havent been back to the mud hole...yet....
I'm not gonna say anything about what we removed from the towers..
Actually we ended up taking down the two big white dishes a month or two later, having just spent forever getting them adjusted right. Oh well..I got paid so thats all that matters right..
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Post by L8sho2003 on Jan 30, 2004 20:55:05 GMT -5
Didn't know you did towers. I did service and installs when I first got into broadcast engineering. As a rock climber I had no problems in my younger days, but it would take an act of congress to get me up one nowadays.  |
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Post by 4xfred on Jan 30, 2004 22:23:43 GMT -5
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Post by L8sho2003 on Jan 30, 2004 23:32:43 GMT -5
It's not so much the height issue. If you are doing it it must not bother you. You have to be in pretty damn good shape to climb a 700ft. tower within a couple of hours. Past about 50 or 60 feet you are dead if you fall now matter how high you go. Nothing like working at several hundred feet and dropping a tool that you can't do without. Not quite like dropping a socket in the engine compartment.
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Post by snorkleman on Jan 31, 2004 14:00:42 GMT -5
Yeah dropping tools is no good. I usually carry a backup of the important tools. Big sturdy towers are no big thing, but the ones that move and sway a bit really can be a bad deal. We have one tower that sways in a S pattern when you shake it. That is no good. I climbed it once and vowed never to climb it again. Heights aren't that bad, but when you know the structure is questionable thats when i get freaked out.  |
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Post by L8sho2003 on Jan 31, 2004 18:54:01 GMT -5
We had a 1500 ft tower give up the ghost with 3 canadians on it in Jackson about 5 years ago. All of them died because they forgot to tighten some guy wires back up. When the tower fell it shot the nuts off the base about a mile and a half away. Everyone I know thought it was me when they saw it on the news. Was the most phone calls I have ever had in one day.
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Post by 4xfred on Jan 31, 2004 22:35:54 GMT -5
;D A no BS, huge to you guys who do tower work. You keep communications going. Again, Later... |
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Post by snorkleman on Feb 3, 2004 10:19:31 GMT -5
Yeah I hate thinking about towers falling when I am about to climb. But sometimes it happens. The guy wire thing is a bad deal. I usually try to check em out before climbing. Of course we lease a lot so there isn't much I can do about leased towers other than call the owner.
I will say there aren't many feelings like being at the top of a tower and seeing for hundreds of miles and having birds and sometimes planes flying below you. Its really beautiful and amazing.
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Post by DeadlyPeace on Feb 3, 2004 14:09:03 GMT -5
I will say there aren't many feelings like being at the top of a tower and seeing for hundreds of miles and having birds and sometimes planes flying below you. Its really beautiful and amazing. |
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Post by L8sho2003 on Feb 3, 2004 23:36:14 GMT -5
It's sweet to talk to someone who can relate. I remember the first time I looked down on a small plane. That's when I first realized just how high I was. It truly is unique.
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Post by tenfourtyeight on Feb 18, 2004 13:19:32 GMT -5
You guys should try skydiving. I went for the first time in January, and we were somewhat close to an airport, and got to see a 747 fly below us, about a 1/4 mile in front of us. We dropped from 12,000ft, and fell at 120mph until 7,000ft where we pulled the chute. Amazing veiw. We were in San Diego, and could see all the way to Orange County, Tj, Coronado, and the deserts to the east.
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