Author: Molly Cooper

Ever wonder what fake tree poles look like up close? Here are three pictures. In the first one, you can see the climber’s foot on a branch. Notice a small bolt near the right side of the foot; that bolt indicates how far out you can step on the branches. You can’t step farther out past the bolt because there is nothing but fiberglass or PVC branch farther out – the steel protrusion the branch attaches to is only about 8″ long. These trees are put together much like artificial Christmas trees. You build the trunk then bolt on...

The attached photos show a different type of tower lighting called high-intensity lights – the big silver box I am working on in the pictures. (The red beacon you saw on the topic of the day yesterday is near my feet). Because of the limited beam width of these lights, one lightbox, called a flash head, has to be mounted on each leg of the tower at each light elevation. This means that if you have a 900′ tower, the FAA may dictate that you have a tier of lights at 300′, 600′, and at the top, 900′. This...