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Originally Posted by Otter
Not sure what you mean by "building" but if you were one of those guys who climbed monopole towers to do the wiring hookups - whatever you were paid, it's not enough.
I wouldn't mind it every once in a while when I'm on my game for shits and giggles but to do that every day is kinda nuts. You know you're going to be sporting a hangover one of those days and goof up. At least I would.
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I used to work for a construction company that had also previously done microwave towers. One day we got a call from GTE wanting a light bulb replaced on a tower in arizona. We had a guy drive from Kansas to AZ, climb a 2100' tower, swap the bulb, and come home.
He had some good stories about building towers in the old days. They'd rent a car, drive it to the site, take off a wheel, bolt on a contraption they'd made, and use the driveshaft as a winch to raise sections and equipment up the tower. Sleep in the car at night.....made a killing on their per diems.