I've used one of those on a water tower.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chuck McCown - 3" <ch...@beehive.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:01 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grain leg safety cage (was Re: Tower accident) > No but you could fall down and get so tangled up the rescue would be > difficult. I have climbed caged ladders that had a pipe up the center of > the ladder with small ratchet notches in it. The arrester device was a > pipe > looking thing that would slide up the safety pipe/rail. It had a spring > loaded dog that would engage the notches if you fell. I thought it was a > pretty good system. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "3-dB Networks" <wi...@3-db.net> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:39 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grain leg safety cage (was Re: Tower accident) > > >> That's what the safety cage is for. if you fall basically you should only >> be >> leaning back on the cage. >> >> >> >> You technically shouldn't be able to fall with a safety cage. >> >> >> >> Daniel White >> >> 3-dB Networks >> >> http://www.3dbnetworks.com >> >> >> >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher >> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:30 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grain leg safety cage (was Re: Tower accident) >> >> >> >> What happens when you fall? >> >> Brian >> >> John Valenti wrote: >> >> Brian, >> Why would you want to add a safety cable to the cage? I'm on several >> legs with the cages and they seem great. I usually just lean back to >> take a break while climbing. >> >> It seems like an unnecessary bother, and something else to get in the >> way while climbing the ladder. Just curious what your thinking is, >> maybe I'm missing something. >> -John >> >> >> On Jan 6, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Brian Rohrbacher wrote: >> >> >> >> I have seriously thought about putting a cable going up the center of >> the ladders on all the elevator legs we're on. There is already one >> on >> the leg that has no cage. Then we could clip on a go, with either a >> belt or a light harness (unlike my big sit down elk river harness that >> is a little heavy). Anyone run these cable before? What is needed? >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
