Posted on 01/05/2015 4:51:15 AM PST by DFG
Not to mention the sway in those things.
I wonder what it would feel like to throw up from one of those. :)
Cell Tower Climber Earnings
The average salary for radio, cellular and tower equipment installers and repairers
was $48,380 a year as of 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The
median salary was $46,260 per year, meaning that half of workers earned more than
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Sorry the KVLY-TV tower was built in 1963.
Was checking different sites and somehow typed in the wrong year.
On the “Pucker Factor” scale of 1 to 10, I rate that as 10+.
>> One of the pics shows a gent JUMPING from antenna to tower <<
Just reading that sentence gives me butterflies in the old stomach!
What if this tower were in Poland? [donning flameproof underwear]
Tower climbers have the most dangerous job in America with the most deaths per worker. Loggers are second.
I still remember when the KOBR TV tower (1610 ft), at Caprock NM, the world’s tallest structure at that time, collapsed in an ice storm back in 1960.
Living at Tatum, we had to rely on a very weak reception from Lubbock TX for a while.
They tried to get me to climb but I and some Maintenance men simply refused to go as they considered a job for the Electrical department.
There was a ladder up the side, with a pipe up the center with notches cut in it. You put on a special harness that clamped to the pipe, LEANED BACK, and proceeded to step up the ladder without using your hands.
NO WAY! Especially when everyone found the ladder had pulled away from the stack on the very top.
I worked for United Bridge Contractors for three summers going to college.
We built several bridges on I-29 near Nebraska City and the I-80/I-380 mix master west of Iowa City. Besides the old timers who followed these jobs, I was the only young guy that showed up every day. We had a half dozen young men who had been “placed” in these jobs via some federal work project.
I walked the steel without fear in those days.
Today...nah !
Ever have to grab a newbie having a panic attack riding the basket up to the rig floor offshore?
http://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/800a.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/znkDIMb64Tw/0.jpg
But is the light bulb carbon neutral?
Relevant point. I remember that now for certain applications.
#43 Not enough money!
Yo!!
Thanks, West also. Rapid Valley area.
Or a spare that comes on automatically when the first one blows...
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