TV Tower Bulb maintenance Vanity

NYC Drone Film Fest 2016 ^

[CGASMIA68]

I got queasy just viewing this and used to climb utility poles

[RegulatorCountry]

I grew up in a rural county at the base of a mountain with broadcast towers on it. We'd entertain ourselves when maintenance crews replaced bulbs by watching them through a telescope. The tallest is listed as being 572 meters.

The fireworks show when lightning struck them during summer thunderstorms was something else, too.

[Strac6]

The tower climbers used to charge $1 a foot. It’s probably $5 now.

Also, the small horizontal “bow-tie” antenna elements he clamped himself to at the top? I doubt they would hold human weight. They are usually hollow copper or aluminum tubing.

[JoeProBono]

[stylin19a]

from the song Tell Him No ?

[RegulatorCountry]

My dad was friends with a technician who worked at the tv station broadcast operation at the base of the tower I mentioned upthread. We used to go visit on occasion, once to see a meteor shower but usually in the daytime. The foundation of those tall towers is fascinating, a huge metal ball like a giant ball bearing, with the guy wires to stabilize it. I was told that the tower had to swivel at the base in order to properly flex in the wind, otherwise it would bend and break. So, as gut-churning as it is to look at that man on top, know that the tower was also in motion if there was any wind whatsoever. I know we could see them moving whenever we were watching maintenance crews through our telescope.

[philman_36]

What a horizon. It’s so...flat!

[ZOOKER]

That's a long way up there.

If it helps, consider that after the first 30-40 feet, it really doesn't matter how high you climb, you're just as dead if you fall. Behave accordingly.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Chopper or drone?

Good point. I'm an old school old fart. Hadn't considered that.

[fruser1]

Sh*t! It’s held in w/a torx screw!

[Windflier]

I’ve just got to ask: what is the point of a hard hat, way up there?

Bird poop protection?

When I was a kid, I used to climb electrical towers for fun. I’d sit on the very top, and slowly rock, which would get the wires dancing.

[Yaelle]

Those drones will put this poor employee out of work soon.

[Lazamataz]

from the song Tell Him No ?

No.

[Lazamataz]

Does no mean no?

No.

[Lazamataz]

NO!

[Lazamataz]

What a horizon. It’s so...flat!

At that elevation, I'd almost expect a slight curve.

[right way right]

When I was younger I worked on cranes and manlift equipment and I would have wanted to do this.
Now my hamstrings and muscles are cramping up just watching it.

[CGASMIA68]

Thats what I thought. Robo Drone will do all the maint

[right way right]

‘Retracting knarlys sensation’ that’s what we use to call it.
(It’s not really just a sensation)

[Yaelle]

Thats what I thought. Robo Drone will do all the maint

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Uh oh, you should not have been texting while climbing the tower!!!

[JoeProBono]