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Auto tower climber

Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:25 pm

We need an automatic tower climber, just climb on and it does the rest!!
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Re: Auto tower climber

Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:33 am

Is this robot also expected to drink your beer at the end of the shift ? :ugeek:
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Re: Auto tower climber

Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:53 pm

I've been thinking about something like this for a long time, and I actually have some ideas in my head on how you could do it....hmmm. Course...my version only works on towers that have a proper ladder, but does not really work for pegs.
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Re: Auto tower climber

Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:54 pm

rockhead wrote:Is this robot also expected to drink your beer at the end of the shift ? :ugeek:


NO!!!!! ...it will NOT drink my beer
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Re: Auto tower climber

Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:33 pm

No, you drink your beer on the way up.
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Re: Auto tower climber

Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:05 am

Some tower companies do this using a pulley, rope, and capstan winch to haul people up. You can read about it every year or so on the OSHA website when fines were handed out due to the rope breaking and the people falling to their deaths.

For me I would rather take my time and climb slowly while either using a safety climb device or 100% attached to the tower. It takes more time and effort but I return home every night.
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Re: Auto tower climber

Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:40 pm

They already have one. Battery powered. Will have to look for link. It's been fours years ago.
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Re: Auto tower climber

Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:43 pm

WHT wrote:They already have one. Battery powered. Will have to look for link. It's been fours years ago.


OMG, Justin finally came over to the dark side! :yikes:

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Re: Auto tower climber

Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:26 pm

Lurking. Catching a cellular signal from U.S. side of border is iffy, unless you get up in the mountains west of Juarez.
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Re: Auto tower climber

Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:23 am

Apparently tower climber has already been invented.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBMUvAUPTGM
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