Post: #1

Saw this video recently. Heights don't scare me but the thought of free-climbing at the top of this transmission tower made me cringe. At one point I was peeking through my fingers to watch.

I wonder how much dude makes per hour.

I showed my dad and he had a good laugh that the guy free-climbs without safety ropes or a parachute, but wears a hard hat.

Post: #2

Posted this on Bill Powell's blog recently after he wrote a post about climbing. This shit is crazy.

Post: #3

I don't see one woman doing this. It's definitely sexist and I don't think it's fair women don't have the right to climb 1,700 ft. towers and and possibly die.


oh wait...

Post: #4

Between this and the Indian sewer diver job, I don't know which I'd choose if you put a gun to my head.

Post: #5

I was fine watching this and thinking yeah I could do that if the money was good until it got to 6:37 when the guy looked down with one leg on the railing. Then I thought no not for me

Post: #6

That's nuts! No way I could do it. I have a bunch of friends who work on cell phone towers, but pretty sure they aren't free climbing. They don't make all that much either, maybe starting at $15 an hour but after a couple years probably making closer to 30. They definitely aren't climbing no 1700 feet though. That video was scary even to watch. I couldn't imagine being up that high. I used to be afraid of heights when I was younger. Being a snowboarder I got used to them. But I'm still not a big fan, and being up THAT high free climbing a tower, forget it.

Post: #7

(03-26-2013 08:59 PM)MSW2007 Wrote:  I wonder how much dude makes per hour.

I actually googled it and was guessing 100k+, but that was not even close. According to this site salary is between 40k and 60k...
Worth it?

http://www.cosmoloan.com/international-e...world.html

Post: #8

A lot of these types of jobs have a "danger bonus" which is an allowance worked in that is not part of the typical wage. My buddy and his dad work in a mine and they get a bulk of cash from bonuses they would receive and they called it danger pay.

You could have 40K in "allowances" and "bonuses" added on that does not show up in your wage/salary, those types of situations are not uncommon.

I can't see how this guy whom has a high probability of dying on the job is making way less then a guy whom sits in a cushy Crane cabin on a Skyscraper build. Those Crane guys make $85-125/hr in many places. He does nto need the technical training as a Crane operator but I would hope that with bonuses and allowances factored in he is making 35-$65/hr.. at least.

Post: #9

(03-27-2013 01:08 AM)kosko Wrote:  A lot of these types of jobs have a "danger bonus" which is an allowance worked in that is not part of the typical wage. My buddy and his dad work in a mine and they get a bulk of cash from bonuses they would receive and they called it danger pay.

You could have 40K in "allowances" and "bonuses" added on that does not show up in your wage/salary, those types of situations are not uncommon.

I can't see how this guy whom has a high probability of dying on the job is making way less then a guy whom sits in a cushy Crane cabin on a Skyscraper build. Those Crane guys make $85-125/hr in many places. He does nto need the technical training as a Crane operator but I would hope that with bonuses and allowances factored in he is making 35-$65/hr.. at least.

I was thinking this too. Basically what my boys do on the cell tower seems like the same deal, but I was thinking this guy has to make a bit more than those guys for putting his life at risk like that. If not, then I think homie needs a new job.

Post: #10

Check out Bill Powell's pics of wind farm climbing:

http://apocalypsecometh.com/some-of-my-p...bing-pics/

Post: #11

Technically, if you fall from 50 ft. you're just as toast as if you fell from 500 or 2000 ft., but fear is not a rational thing.

Post: #12

Most of the time when you're climbing 50 ft though you have a harness.

Post: #13

Dupe:
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Post: #14

(03-27-2013 01:22 AM)Bronan the Barbarian! Wrote:  Check out Bill Powell's pics of wind farm climbing:

http://apocalypsecometh.com/some-of-my-p...bing-pics/

Thanks Brother for putting that link here.

Post: #15

Hes not wearing a hard hat for the fall, if he hit his head on one of the metal beams it could stun him or knock him out. Makes a lot of sense. What I don't understand is why he doesn't have all his tools on his body instead of carrying a bag on a rope.

Post: #16

(03-27-2013 01:08 AM)kosko Wrote:  A lot of these types of jobs have a "danger bonus" which is an allowance worked in that is not part of the typical wage. My buddy and his dad work in a mine and they get a bulk of cash from bonuses they would receive and they called it danger pay.

You could have 40K in "allowances" and "bonuses" added on that does not show up in your wage/salary, those types of situations are not uncommon.

I can't see how this guy whom has a high probability of dying on the job is making way less then a guy whom sits in a cushy Crane cabin on a Skyscraper build. Those Crane guys make $85-125/hr in many places. He does nto need the technical training as a Crane operator but I would hope that with bonuses and allowances factored in he is making 35-$65/hr.. at least.

Running a crane can be mentally demanding. This is especially true if:
1. you're relying on hand signaling and visibility is poor.
2. the riggers on the ground are doing half assed work (this is a bigger problem than people realize.) When I walk a construction site, I always keep my eyes to the sky. I always try to avoid walking under a tower crane.
3. The crane malfunctions.

They could eliminate many of those tower fatalities if they placed yo-yos of appropriate length on the sections of the tower where the guys are free climbing. (Yo-yo is the slang term for a self retracting lifeline.) When they climb down, rather than disconnect the yo-yo and allowing it to retract, they should hook it at the bottom of the ladder for the next climber to use.

Post: #17

As long as person uses a continuous 3 point stance when climbing ladders (2 hands and 1 foot/2 feet and 1 hand), they should be fine with all things remaining equal of course. (ie no wind, weather, no electrical shock, animals, or aircraft interfering)

Post: #18

Anyone else's legs get wobbly watching that vid?

Post: #19

A lot of the men who paint high transmission towers in the US are Greek. Don't know why this is.

Post: #20

I got dizzy just watching that.

Post: #21

That ain't shit! THIS girl climbed a 1,700 ft. ugly tree, fell, and hit every branch on the way down. And lived. The British gov installed her airbags to lessen damage from the next fall.
































   

Post: #22

I do this for a living.

Its a lot of hard work, but the money is killer.

Post: #23

(03-27-2013 07:01 PM)silverbullit Wrote:  I do this for a living.

Its a lot of hard work, but the money is killer.

What kind of money are we talking about? 50k? 100k? More than that?

Post: #24

(03-27-2013 07:05 PM)MSW2007 Wrote:  

(03-27-2013 07:01 PM)silverbullit Wrote:  I do this for a living.

Its a lot of hard work, but the money is killer.

What kind of money are we talking about? 50k? 100k? More than that?

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