Re: [AFMUG] Residential towers, (back on topic)

2017-10-17 Thread Lewis Bergman
I payed my way through college climbing towers others wouldn't climb. I only had to work a few times a semester. i always demanded cash before I climbed and brought a college buddy to hold the cash. 35 years ago I got paid $3000 to relamp a tower nobody would climb. Two cross members came off in

Re: [AFMUG] Residential towers, (back on topic)

2017-10-16 Thread Steve Jones
we have a tower trainer come do training off the cuff. best i can get. the very same knowledge is provided as you get by a "certification" end of the day... people do what they do On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Justin Wilson wrote: > I would say anyone who climbs towers

Re: [AFMUG] Residential towers, (back on topic)

2017-10-16 Thread Justin Wilson
I would say anyone who climbs towers should at the very least go to the OSHA 10 hour class on fall protection. At the very least! I have seen some shady towers. Ones with no concrete in the base and the only thing anchoring them was the house bracket. Rusted towers. You name it so I

Re: [AFMUG] Residential towers, (back on topic)

2017-10-03 Thread Sean Heskett
As the owner I always very clearly tell my employees that safety is in their hands. If they deem a task as unsafe then that's an unsafe task for them in my book no questions asked. I'm never going to push someone to do something they don't think is safe, that's just asking for other problem

Re: [AFMUG] Residential towers, (back on topic)

2017-10-03 Thread Steve Jones
I show them images of bad towers, leg blowouts, busted rungs, rusted through legs, loose house brackets. have them kick the tower and watch the top, if it moves, dont climb it. Its not worth it for 30 bucks a month Ive come across more theyve climbed when they shouldnt have One thing I ask is