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New definition to the term "No Fear".....:scared0016:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/yuemci/videos/12
http://www.viddler.com/explore/yuemci/videos/12
Who wants to be a Broadcast Tower repairman...OMG
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At least......:happy0030::happy0030:I dont know how much money those guys make,but I hope that its at least 40-11 thousand $$ an hourarty0031:
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i dont like heights at all and I was getting antsy just watching that video!
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That answers the old question about how many_ _ _ _ _ does it take to change a light bulb:questionmark:Later, Dave
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I did a refinery conversion to oilsands feedstock two years ago and had crews working on instruments / installing the aircraft warning lights on this sulpher incinerator stack..418 ft to the top..about 25 mins to climb. You wore a safety harness and methodically made your way up..beautiful view of the city from up there..i climbed it probably a dozen times. 31 years IBEW electrician
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when i was in my 20s i use to be a industrial painter one summer i took a job painting hi tension towers some of them was 375 ft tall with 500.000 volts running through the power lines [cars on the ground looked about a inch long ] these things move up to 6/8 inches in the wind and we used lead base paint. that much current can jump 5 ft we were told by tva workers . i done that for 2 months and a young man fell from half way and died instantly that was when i realised 25 $ a hr. wasnt all that much money i never looked back
some of them was 375 ft tall with 500.000 volts running through the power lines [cars on the ground looked about a inch long ] these things move up to 6/8 inches in the wind and we used lead base paint. that much current can jump 5 ft we were told by tva workers . i done that for 2 months and a young man fell from half way and died instantly that was when i realised 25 $ a hr. wasnt all that much money i never looked back
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Good for you to get out while you could..... :tuwhen i was in my 20s i use to be a industrial painter one summer i took a job painting hi tension towers
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What he said.
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when I was in the Air Force I worked with these type of munitions.I'll stick with those over the tower work any day!
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I once bid a job to refinish a copper roof 42 stories in the air, there was an 18" platform to stand on and nothing to tie off to. I bid it at $475,000. I later saw it had been done and found out a guy did it for $230,000, I guess his life was only worth only about half as much as mine. That or I was $245,000 more scared than he was.
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