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  • JP Jones and D7 Brian Bicknese setting the new WKBD Repack antenna atop the 1000' tower in Southfield, MI. Thanks ERI and Construction Helicopters Inc. Excellent job flying by our favorite Austrian pilot Daniel!

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  • @timmack2415
    @timmack2415 3 роки тому +1806

    Not to brag, but I changed the lightbulb in my hallway last week while standing on a kitchen chair.

    • @openrange4999
      @openrange4999 3 роки тому +59

      Well I hope the fuck you was double hooked ✅✅

    • @rxb364
      @rxb364 3 роки тому +35

      @@openrange4999 and of course, A SAFETY NET ,

    • @timmack2415
      @timmack2415 3 роки тому +21

      @@openrange4999 😂😂 Safety first!

    • @ThePaulv12
      @ThePaulv12 3 роки тому +23

      With no shoes but socks on ??
      - because if you had socks on then you should be paid at least what these guys are getting for sheer audacity and daring!
      Well done 'ole mate!

    • @rkempson1177
      @rkempson1177 3 роки тому +14

      Whoaaaaa !

  • @richb.4374
    @richb.4374 3 роки тому +883

    Not only is the pilot incredibly good, those tower guys have balls of titanium!

    • @ChrisLee-UK
      @ChrisLee-UK 3 роки тому +10

      and very large ones too!

    • @TheBsavage
      @TheBsavage 3 роки тому +7

      Those jobs are so cool I'd do them for free just for the fun! Unless I had to climb up there, I'd want to get paid for that. Ugh.

    • @mustang6599
      @mustang6599 3 роки тому +15

      What amazes me is that they link their safety harness to a foot peg those last 10 feet, where it could literally just slip right off. The only way you'd get me up 3 stories was if I was unconscious...

    • @Gator-fromOZ
      @Gator-fromOZ 3 роки тому +1

      NAW, Its said that Diamonds R the hardest materials known to man🤔 SO, Perhaps “DIAMOND NUTS” would suffice😁 👍 “GIT’ER D U U U U N E”...

    • @Gator-fromOZ
      @Gator-fromOZ 3 роки тому +5

      @@TheBsavage KNOCK YER SELF OUT😂

  • @derecktbear6478
    @derecktbear6478 3 роки тому +281

    I used to be a firefighter and used to some heights But these guys are in another league. Hats off guys

    • @innate4994
      @innate4994 Рік тому +4

      They're fine. They have helmets on.

    • @angieroxy7550
      @angieroxy7550 Рік тому +2

      @@innate4994 useful if they fall 🥺

    • @appleforever6664
      @appleforever6664 Рік тому +2

      You were in the Minor Leagues while these guy are in the Majors. lol

    • @hypercane2023
      @hypercane2023 Рік тому +2

      They are going to new heights!

    • @Lyth1190
      @Lyth1190 Рік тому +1

      @@innate4994
      😂😂😂😂

  • @howardsternisbatman
    @howardsternisbatman 3 роки тому +98

    For me, this is a 9.9 on the Sphincter Scale.

    • @midcenturymodern9330
      @midcenturymodern9330 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, no kidding. Join the club.
      Those guys are everyday heroes to me.

    • @MrW454ci
      @MrW454ci 3 роки тому +1

      howardstern'sphinctersayswha??

    • @carlarthur4442
      @carlarthur4442 2 роки тому +1

      🤣😂🤣 I can feel it tightening as I watch this 😂🤣

  • @chunkymonkey3957
    @chunkymonkey3957 2 роки тому +97

    I do love watching skilled heli pilots at work. I know this video kind of focuses on the guys (with huge balls) dangling off the corner of that tower but big props to the chopper pilot Daniel. The skills and deft touch required to translate the instructions from the guys into placing that antenna right where it's needed. Amazing, no wonder he's their favourite pilot.
    Whether it be the heavy lifters like this or powerline repair, logging, rescue, air ambulance / medivac or dropping troops into a hot l/zone, I don't think these heli pilots (and crew) get the recognition they deserve for their skill.

    • @grower420ed4
      @grower420ed4 Рік тому +2

      Very well said brother❤

    • @johns3106
      @johns3106 Рік тому +1

      I guarantee those guys “dangling off the corner” have huge respect for the pilots’s skill!!

    • @Fatdog-Dakind
      @Fatdog-Dakind 4 місяці тому

      O M G in heaven! WOOT!

  • @SJ_999
    @SJ_999 2 роки тому +13

    I’ve been watching these videos for years, and now I can say I do this for a living!

  • @ASCP67AUS
    @ASCP67AUS 2 роки тому +117

    Amazing to watch, never ceases to amaze me how some people are ok with heights like this. great video!

    • @lawrence.porter
      @lawrence.porter 2 роки тому

      By using the mindset that a 20 foot fall could kill you.

    • @beekeeper8474
      @beekeeper8474 Рік тому +4

      I used to do billboard till one day I slipped on a 80' my PPE saved my ass but ever since I couldn't even get more than 10 feet before I lost it.

    • @dangonzales4278
      @dangonzales4278 Рік тому +3

      Thank god there's guys like this, you ain't getting me up there!

    • @rosskrause3926
      @rosskrause3926 Рік тому +1

      @@beekeeper8474 Billboards here too and when the wind started blowing and the structure started boucing and swaying I couldn't help but picture in my head about falling..now I hate heights.. these guys are awesome !

    • @Landis_Grant
      @Landis_Grant 8 місяців тому +3

      Whether you fall from 100 ft or 1,000 ft, the impact is the same.

  • @fredpierce5962
    @fredpierce5962 Місяць тому +2

    I'm 68 years old now, when in my late 20s I took a job climbing towers. My first tower was a 2000 footer. I couldn't believe how it swayed, but the view was amazing, But when I got down, I quit. To this day, I can't believe I did that. Now I hate just cleaning the gutters. So much kooto's to the guys who do that everyday. Thank you guys.

  • @rondyechannel1399
    @rondyechannel1399 3 роки тому +198

    I climbed a 270' TV tower to do an antennae install in Salem, Oregon as part of my job working for a communication co. Once up there I was able to make the connections but did not think I could get down. Going up is a lot easier just concentrating on the next rung. Going down way worse, I started shaking. The boss wanted me to do it again and I refused said, fire me I'm NOT going again. They were mad and paid an outside climber. Cannot believe some of those guys just go up there and dance around!

    • @alal792
      @alal792 3 роки тому +10

      ya'll are half bonkers, I mean you got the massive EMFs to fry you as well as the insane heights and other dangers...gotta be a better way.

    • @alal792
      @alal792 3 роки тому +5

      and yeah, cats have trouble getting back down sometimes 2, common dilemma.

    • @tonyb7779
      @tonyb7779 3 роки тому +20

      Add me to that. I climbed a 500 ft tower in Oman with the riggers for a safety inspection. It took me over an hour to climb up but two hours to come down. As you say, looking at the next rung going up is straightforward but as you come down, the natural instinct is to look down and that's when it all kicks in. Rigers are not paid enough.

    • @wakcedout
      @wakcedout 3 роки тому +32

      And thats why the clanging we hear isnt the tools or bolts, its the immense balls theae guys have swinging around hitting the metal.

    • @Xplantdad
      @Xplantdad 3 роки тому +4

      Never in a million years. I wouldn't get ten feet off the ground!

  • @kymtaylor5433
    @kymtaylor5433 3 роки тому +65

    That is example of supreme flying skills. Extremely skilled pilot one slip of judgement in aligning that thing and it becomes a tragedy .

    • @lancejensen9328
      @lancejensen9328 3 роки тому +6

      Looks like a team effort to me, the pilot is skilled no doubt, but the guys on the iron are an example of supreme brass balls.

    • @LeonAllanDavis
      @LeonAllanDavis 3 роки тому +4

      Uh..."flying skills" not really involved here. A computer - or several - is flying the chopper. Probably monitoring a few thousand inputs per second. No human could handfly with this degree of accuracy...

    • @kymtaylor5433
      @kymtaylor5433 3 роки тому +3

      Yep I'm sure your right Leon. The computer that controls the anti torque rotor can calibrate the bolt hole alignment to with that finer degree. Damn good gps ! ultimately the final control of the cyclic and collective will still come down to the judgement of the pilot.

    • @darkhorse1691
      @darkhorse1691 3 роки тому +2

      That's why external load is the most difficult rating to obtain

    • @LeonAllanDavis
      @LeonAllanDavis 3 роки тому +9

      @@kymtaylor5433 I've spent a lot of years in the Four Peaks wilderness area east of Phoenix. Back in the 80's McDonnell Douglas would flight test Apache gunships out there.
      There was this one particular chopper that would do hover tests up against the side of side of a hill about a mile away. Every afternoon when the wind kicked up. It would hang there for an hour and more. In exactly the same spot.
      So one morning I hiked over there with my 10.X 50's and my Nikon F with a long lens. I positioned myself a couple hundred above. Maybe 300 feet distant.
      Right on schedule he shows up. Did three or four rolls of film.
      What amazed me is that the pilot was reading a magazine the entire time. Totally hands off. The breeze was gusting coming up off the desert floor. Kicking up pretty good. The Apache was like a rock.
      This was over 30 years ago. Before Windows 95. The PC was still 386. No pictures. No video.
      Now we're looking at AI-assisted flight controls.
      In the near future the flight crew of a large commercial airliner will be a pilot and a Doberman Pinscher. The pilot will monitor the instruments and the dog will bite him if he touches anything.

  • @luke-san7733
    @luke-san7733 Рік тому +39

    These towers are amazing feats of engineering, how they handle that unbalanced load so high with remaining rigid is amazing

    • @sixstanger00
      @sixstanger00 11 місяців тому +3

      The guy wires evenly distribute the load over a wider area.

    • @ALJOHRH_
      @ALJOHRH_ 10 місяців тому

      😊😅q 3:53 is theN. N. M
      M

  • @markpell8979
    @markpell8979 Рік тому +48

    As you watch these tower videos, wander away in your mind for a minute and marvel at the strength of steel. It's almost unimaginable that something this tall and heavy can look so delicate and still stand up to the loads and forces put on it. Now back to the action. Props to the people who build and climb these structures for a living. I've climbed tall difficult rocks that would curl your hair but tower work looks scary as hell to me.
    (Edit)) But, I did almost get into tower work when I was younger. Scary is not necessarily bad.

    • @Hateious
      @Hateious Рік тому +3

      Ye steel is nuts. I've always said I would parachute or bungee jump, but these towers just look scary to climb lol.

    • @markpell8979
      @markpell8979 Рік тому +3

      @@Hateious Yeah man. They say you can feel 'em flexing and swaying too. Lightning is the biggest danger.

  • @jamesc7383
    @jamesc7383 3 роки тому +313

    Professional athletes are way over paid. These guys are underpaid in comparison.

    • @MichaelsJohnDeere
      @MichaelsJohnDeere 3 роки тому +15

      I climbed towers and I’m still working, don’t climb towers anymore but your not retiring early unless you fall off the tower and live. James C is spot on with his comment!

    • @kenrussell1093
      @kenrussell1093 3 роки тому +15

      I'd like to see them take Colin Kapernick up there

    • @iamobserving9917
      @iamobserving9917 3 роки тому +21

      Ken
      And then gravity bring him back down?

    • @briangulley6027
      @briangulley6027 3 роки тому +1

      True but no one pays to watch them do it.

    • @UkrainianBazooka
      @UkrainianBazooka 3 роки тому +2

      @@MichaelsJohnDeere gotta love that $20-30 an hour wage. I miss broadcast..

  • @bindig1
    @bindig1 4 роки тому +53

    I have a fear of heights. How these guys can do this amazes me

    • @doninventura9474
      @doninventura9474 3 роки тому +4

      They're probably afraid of spiders and snakes.

    • @PhilDesigns
      @PhilDesigns 3 роки тому +5

      @Rage Theatre2020 tbh some of the guys I work with would be loaded up on vodka and cocaine.. but from the night before.. road work / tower rigger life

    • @nico8587d
      @nico8587d 3 роки тому +2

      I reroofed my own house and I settled for satellite tv. I know I couldn’t work on a tower.

    • @swagnermiteTV
      @swagnermiteTV Рік тому +1

      @@nico8587d actually its easier to climb a tower than stand on a roof for me. The highest I have climbed is 100 meters

    • @leosedf
      @leosedf Рік тому

      @@doninventura9474 Actually most of us fear closed spaces.

  • @fsnvret
    @fsnvret Рік тому +1

    It takes nerves of steel just to watch this.

  • @tomguthrie2033
    @tomguthrie2033 3 роки тому +116

    6:45 "Waddaya mean "Do I have the nuts and the bolts?"
    "I thought YOU had 'em."

    • @FSDraconis
      @FSDraconis 3 роки тому +5

      I literally imagined what would happen if they dropped one of the nuts. I'm sure they must go up with extras. But can you imagine being the guy told to go down to find it?

    • @rwsplantedaquarium6493
      @rwsplantedaquarium6493 3 роки тому +2

      Now that's funny!

    • @michaelodonoghue7464
      @michaelodonoghue7464 3 роки тому +8

      FSDraconis Finding dropped equipment is dead simple. It always lands dead centre of the most expensive piece of equipment on the ground below.

    • @attentiondeficitsquirrel7660
      @attentiondeficitsquirrel7660 3 роки тому +9

      Bolts? Yes. But I don’t have the nuts for this.

    • @rf396
      @rf396 3 роки тому +2

      @@FSDraconis Or the guy UNDER the dropped one. OUCH

  • @juanvarleta2558
    @juanvarleta2558 3 роки тому +18

    I’ve watched a lot of tower vids. This is the first one that’s ever made me feel queasy.

    • @repro7780
      @repro7780 3 роки тому +1

      Check out "Stairway to Heaven" tower climb. Nutz!

    • @TEX-704
      @TEX-704 2 роки тому

      I agree, these guys have got to be crazy to even think about doing this job.

  • @Grey_Duck
    @Grey_Duck 3 роки тому +57

    Yet another entry in my list of things I will never do.

    • @MrW454ci
      @MrW454ci 3 роки тому +1

      c'mon, Nic! Name a few others!

    • @MrW454ci
      @MrW454ci 3 роки тому +1

      me: I WILL NOT Date my wife's only husband! I wont do it, man. It's wrong where I come from, nic, man.nic man.

  • @SirDeanosity
    @SirDeanosity 2 роки тому +7

    I felt like I needed a safety line attached to the wall just to watch this.

  • @charliedee9276
    @charliedee9276 3 роки тому +47

    I remember quite a few years back driving through the U.P. in Michigan when my friend says looking at a 1000' radio tower in the distance, "I've changed the strobe bulbs on the top of that". Turns out when he was young that was his job, a radio tower maintenance guy. Hanging off the bottom of a chopper in a sling replacing strobe bulbs. Balls of steel.

    • @davidwhitehouse8920
      @davidwhitehouse8920 3 роки тому +5

      I have worked on 🇬🇧 UK TV Broadcast masts and swopped out AWL’s on numerous occasions and never have I heard of a helicopter being used with a man sitting in a sling 🤦🏻‍♂️😂 I would defo question your mates integrity 🤥 Charlie

    • @stargazer7644
      @stargazer7644 3 роки тому +2

      They don't typically ride a chopper to replace strobes. They climb the masts.

    • @Mark-pp7jy
      @Mark-pp7jy 3 роки тому

      Mike Wolfe from Iron Mountain?

    • @nitrojunkie9027
      @nitrojunkie9027 3 роки тому +4

      We climb man. They aren't going to spring for a chopper to take you up their and change a bulb.

    • @BAYBAY_316
      @BAYBAY_316 2 роки тому

      @@davidwhitehouse8920 it does seem a bit insane

  • @SSmith-fm9kg
    @SSmith-fm9kg 3 роки тому +10

    gives new meaning the the phrase, "You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps..."

  • @SabrSuave23
    @SabrSuave23 3 роки тому +5

    I'm a man and all, fought for my country, but there is no way I could ever do that.... Hats off to them that do this.

  • @nicksouthon1557
    @nicksouthon1557 3 роки тому +40

    Boss - "Great job, but who is going to climb up to get my camera back?"

    • @PhilDesigns
      @PhilDesigns 3 роки тому +10

      they have to climb up it anyway to grab all the rigging. I believe that chopper detaches the load itself but there's still straps and rigging to grab off it. That's what the pegs are for. I do this for a living but havent had any chopper jobs yet. Another fun fact -- to climb those antennas you have no safe tie off point, you can tie off to the pegs but they aren't rated for a fall load, just for resting.

    • @michaelodonoghue7464
      @michaelodonoghue7464 3 роки тому +3

      Phil Schultz Even if all of the Rigging were self detaching, someone is going to have to change the Bulbs in the Navigation Lamps atop the Antenna at some point anyways and s/he can grab the Camera on their way past.

    • @MrJoseefus
      @MrJoseefus 3 роки тому +6

      FUCK your camera!!!!

    • @Geordie140667
      @Geordie140667 3 роки тому +2

      " It's Your Camera Boss"

    • @nico8587d
      @nico8587d 3 роки тому

      I’ll pay for the damn camera myself, before you make me go get that one way up there.

  • @dewfall56
    @dewfall56 Рік тому +14

    Incredible coordination and trust among all involved. That's what it takes to build monumental structures like towers.

  • @sh230968
    @sh230968 Рік тому +2

    Watching this video made my stomach turn and my palms sweat. I have such an acrophobia that I am scared of my own height. I wish my eyes and brain were located in my midriff area. That gain of about 3 feet would have been a huge help.

  • @razony
    @razony 3 роки тому +17

    WOW! I feel like I should get paid just for watching this!
    Respect!!!

    • @MrW454ci
      @MrW454ci 3 роки тому

      I like this comment. Thank you.

  • @lc6124
    @lc6124 3 роки тому +37

    Simply awesome, with regards to both the helicopter pilot and the the mast technicians. A great team.

  • @markjoseph5059
    @markjoseph5059 2 роки тому +20

    1/4 mile up...These guys deserve our highest respect!

    • @TheRealAwesomePossum
      @TheRealAwesomePossum Рік тому

      But the military doesn't deserve that?

    • @TheCpadron19
      @TheCpadron19 Рік тому

      @@TheRealAwesomePossum The OC was literally a pun idiot. Also, you can respect more than one group of people you absolute clown.

    • @TheRealAwesomePossum
      @TheRealAwesomePossum Рік тому

      @@TheCpadron19 I'm sorry but who are you? Never heard of you.

    • @TheCpadron19
      @TheCpadron19 Рік тому

      @@TheRealAwesomePossum Lol I'm the person who pointed out how stupid your comment was, and you're the person who can't think of anything intelligent to respond with.

    • @mrknotthall
      @mrknotthall Рік тому

      Looks like a mile up.

  • @frankthetank5445
    @frankthetank5445 Рік тому +13

    Great effort from the pilot to get it in position and hold it steady.

  • @lscales6131
    @lscales6131 2 роки тому +2

    My knees became jelly just watching this.

  • @JohnMcMahon.
    @JohnMcMahon. 3 роки тому +2

    I thought I was gonna fall off the toilet just watching this.. Them boys up that tower are different breed.

  • @mikerevendale4810
    @mikerevendale4810 3 роки тому +104

    Whatever they're paid is not enough!

    • @TheBsavage
      @TheBsavage 3 роки тому

      It's totally enough. They're doing it, aren't they? Heck, I'd do it for minimum wage. It looks like fun.

    • @daviddavidson2111
      @daviddavidson2111 3 роки тому +3

      It would be nice to know how much they get paid. Anybody know?

    • @danm4320
      @danm4320 3 роки тому +1

      @@daviddavidson2111 Did a quick google. It's around $56k Median so the upper levels get paid nicely. They probably either work contract by the hour or wages in a company. Either way, not terrible. The heli crew probably get even more

    • @daviddavidson2111
      @daviddavidson2111 3 роки тому

      Thanks for the info. I bet it gets the heart going, wouldn't mind trying it once though, with a bit of tuition beforehand.

    • @eagleviewhd
      @eagleviewhd 3 роки тому +2

      I was an Antenna Specialist in the USAF. I never got to work on this tall of an antenna. 400 feet was the tallest. We built two 400 feet Loran C antennas in the middle of winter in S.Korea in January and February 1980.

  • @danrodrigues3531
    @danrodrigues3531 2 роки тому +17

    It's amazing that something that's so narrow and tall can remain upright.

    • @kenyonprunty5758
      @kenyonprunty5758 2 роки тому +6

      Guy cables

    • @beekeeper8474
      @beekeeper8474 Рік тому

      @@kenyonprunty5758 didn't see any on the way up?

    • @TheJer-jg4nz
      @TheJer-jg4nz Рік тому +2

      That's what she said..........

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa Рік тому

      @@TheJer-jg4nz lolz. u win the net for this month.

    • @lcfflc3887
      @lcfflc3887 Рік тому

      @@TheJer-jg4nz nature made.

  • @jamesdennis8186
    @jamesdennis8186 3 роки тому +3

    Thank god there are people that can do this kind of work...I'm about to pass out just watching this from the safety of my office chair.

  • @susanfrombflo8368
    @susanfrombflo8368 3 роки тому +20

    These are clearly consummate professionals. I'd love to hear short voice-over on one of these videos of the protocol that they adhere to so the job goes smooth.Thank you for posting!

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Рік тому +1

      There won't be many words spoken - they all know exactly what they are doing.

  • @I_Am_Godron
    @I_Am_Godron 3 роки тому +24

    Did this years back. Super underappreciated job that comes with extremely long hours, long and dangerous drives, high stress environment, and very very little family time.

    • @JodiFCobb
      @JodiFCobb 2 роки тому +5

      We work to take care of family.

    • @SDPBALLCOACH
      @SDPBALLCOACH 2 роки тому +1

      You were probably pretty well paid however..?
      How high are these guys anyway?? Any idea??

    • @currincook6422
      @currincook6422 2 роки тому +2

      @@SDPBALLCOACH 1000 ft per the video description

    • @andymueller4408
      @andymueller4408 2 роки тому +4

      Almost sounds like railroading, LOL.

  • @baconsandwich2007
    @baconsandwich2007 3 роки тому +93

    Whatever these guys are getting paid, it's not enough.

    • @jamesmcswain8120
      @jamesmcswain8120 3 роки тому +1

      I started at 11.00 he in 1999. Got a dollar more in 30 days.

    • @williamlaw6109
      @williamlaw6109 3 роки тому +3

      I agree. Whatever it is is not enough. They have my utmost respect

    • @globe255
      @globe255 3 роки тому +1

      They are safe up there, with their safety line attached.

    • @thomaskane5200
      @thomaskane5200 3 роки тому +1

      @@globe255 until a gust of wind blows the helo sideways or down(neither one is good) at the wrong time and viola, everyone is dead.

    • @JoshuaCastillo6309
      @JoshuaCastillo6309 3 роки тому

      I wouldn’t be surprised if these guys enjoy it so much that it barely matters. Anyone willing to do this must have some crazy thrill seeking needs.

  • @persilbran
    @persilbran 10 місяців тому +1

    I say again "May God protect and watch over these men"

  • @brucehall5267
    @brucehall5267 3 роки тому +2

    Good bunch of brothers that's does this work. My hat is off to all of the fallen and their families.

  • @toomanyhobbies2011
    @toomanyhobbies2011 3 роки тому +72

    Discipline rules the day. These are professionals that deserve their wages.

    • @wirenutt57
      @wirenutt57 3 роки тому +1

      I don't know how much you think they get paid, but it's generally less than $20/hr. I think they are worth 4 or 5 times that.

    • @16thdave
      @16thdave 3 роки тому +2

      @@wirenutt57 No way its 20 hr more like 80 to 120.00 probably 80 an hour on top of reg pay

    • @brianh2159
      @brianh2159 3 роки тому +5

      @@wirenutt57 LOL. These guys make bank and retire early.

    • @benburra6194
      @benburra6194 3 роки тому

      TooManyHobbies
      Deserve? EARN! Gets my knees week on my I-pad...

    • @thenerdnetwork
      @thenerdnetwork 3 роки тому +1

      @@16thdave You are so wrong its not even close to correct. Maybe some of the senior guys make that much, but I doubt it. I worked on cell tower equipment on the ground, and talked to climbers and they don't make that much. The company itself charges a crazy amount to have the people to climb, but the insurance they have to carry is incredibly high.

  • @lorenzoboyd6889
    @lorenzoboyd6889 3 роки тому +29

    Somewhere, Igor Sikorsky is smiling.

    • @MrW454ci
      @MrW454ci 3 роки тому

      igorsikorski'ssphinctersayswha??

  • @kloug2006
    @kloug2006 2 роки тому +1

    These guys have a pretty cool job, never boring.

  • @Evlengr
    @Evlengr 3 роки тому +13

    Id love to do this. As broadcast engineers we aren't allowed to climb the towers anymore. I remember my first job as an engineer my Chief mentioned our STL was off angle. I wanted to make a good impression so I climbed the 150 feet or so and repointed the dish which was a side mount line of sight. The next day he commented how it amazingly cured itself over night. I told him I climbed the tower and fixed it after the work day. He said he wasnt sure if he should be mad at me for taking the risk or happy that I took the initiative. That was almost 30 years ago, and Im still in radio, Lol.

    • @StringerNews1
      @StringerNews1 3 роки тому +2

      We had a tower engineer who worked under contract with most of the radio & TV stations in my city. When he worked, we'd all power off our transmitters and because there wasn't really an interlock, anyone who wanted to collect easy overtime would guard the remote control panel in master control, and wait for a call from the antenna engineer. That was the wild thing: there were phones on the antenna masts, so we'd get a call and hear "this is Frank calling from the west tower..." One time Frank was making his ascent and a radio station turned their transmitter back on when he was right by their antenna. He made it off the mast by himself after someone realized the mistake, but after hearing his story, I lost all interest in seeing the masts up close.

    • @SDPBALLCOACH
      @SDPBALLCOACH 2 роки тому +1

      And WKRP in Cincinnati is still broadcasting today..

    • @SJ_999
      @SJ_999 2 роки тому +3

      @@StringerNews1 is he ok because of the radiation?

    • @StringerNews1
      @StringerNews1 2 роки тому +2

      @@SJ_999 I don't know. I lost touch with Frank, but heard that he had taken early retirement after developing cancer. It's not exactly a smoking gun, but the fact that he developed cancer shortly after being irradiated up close and personal by 5 kW or RF energy does seem to suggest that there's a cause and effect present. I can only guess that he was asked to indemnify the radio station against damages in order to get insurance after that.

    • @Deadbuck73
      @Deadbuck73 Рік тому

      @@SDPBALLCOACHmy first thoughts! 😂

  • @scheiepfostierer4652
    @scheiepfostierer4652 3 роки тому +24

    This is so crazy... I remember seeing the helicopter over the tower after school one afternoon, then this got randomly recommended to me and I got to see it from this perspective! super cool

    • @djp6191
      @djp6191 3 роки тому +3

      Because they're watching you 👀

  • @jetteroheller
    @jetteroheller 2 роки тому +9

    Massive respect for what you people do. Testament to human ingenuity. I don’t even know if I’ll be able to sleep tonight.

  • @lkkota41
    @lkkota41 Рік тому +1

    Great effort and appreciate the unique skillset this team has........

  • @stevenklingler9376
    @stevenklingler9376 8 місяців тому

    These guys are truly out of their minds! 😮

  • @bluebearbank247
    @bluebearbank247 3 роки тому +34

    Kids, this is called job. Social influencer is NOT. Pay respect to them (especially the one on the left edge with a bare hand...).

    • @havoc1482
      @havoc1482 3 роки тому +2

      Whatever makes money and feeds you and/or your family is a job.

    • @tomast9034
      @tomast9034 3 роки тому

      or the other way...job done in pyjamas is not hard

    • @---yx7ti
      @---yx7ti 2 роки тому

      @@havoc1482 nah. streaming on twitch to incels with your tits hanging out isnt a job. and ripping people off isnt a job either

  • @Jkur2009
    @Jkur2009 2 роки тому +2

    Words can’t even describe how good that helo pilot is.

  • @tA_aT287
    @tA_aT287 2 роки тому

    This gives me inspiration, you guys rock!

  • @Rene_Voortwist
    @Rene_Voortwist 2 роки тому +1

    I'm getting cramped knees just watching this video. Huge respect for these people!

  • @anthonylewis9055
    @anthonylewis9055 3 роки тому +12

    that antennae went soooo straight up that i was wondering how the hell they got a crane on top of one of those slender towers. superb flying, Daniel!!

  • @prestonburton8504
    @prestonburton8504 3 роки тому +13

    what a sweet video - this is poetry in motion guys! even placing the fasteners sounds like beethoven (to these ears)! Great work by the pilot(s) but more importantly ----this is a guyed wire installation. every force on the structure must be balanced precisely by an opposing force on opposite side, within limits. the fact that the other two masts (at 0 and 120 degree) had been placed leaves very little room for any error by the helicopter or the crew at the top of the platform. UA-cam antenna tower failures just to see how easy it is to get 'out of spec' - great work and thank you for posting this wonderful video!

    • @kloug2006
      @kloug2006 2 роки тому

      Agree, love the fasteners part. Now trying to explain this fasteners love to wife...

  • @adriancressy8363
    @adriancressy8363 8 місяців тому

    I have never seen a video like this. 1,000 feet is serious tower work

  • @deenasmusicbox
    @deenasmusicbox 9 місяців тому

    Gives new meaning to the term “dizzying heights”!

  • @hannstv
    @hannstv 3 роки тому +111

    Some people earn their pay a little more than the rest of us.

    • @TheF4c3m4n
      @TheF4c3m4n 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly, and it is the reason All construction workers deserve better pay around the World!

    • @Cdv360
      @Cdv360 3 роки тому

      And believe it or not id say most of those guys love what they do.

    • @MrW454ci
      @MrW454ci 3 роки тому

      Ive made less than any of you! You wanna go?! Cmon budy

  • @SlimJayDizzle
    @SlimJayDizzle 3 роки тому +7

    I feel this in my lower back and pelvis, I am backing away from my computer and leaning all nervous and whatnot like I am there!!! Much MUCH respect!!

    • @lovesilk1
      @lovesilk1 Рік тому +1

      Super woosie watching this. Instant fight or flight.

  • @timothysullivan4130
    @timothysullivan4130 Рік тому

    Seriously skilled pilot, the climber’s have HUGE BALLS👏👏👏MUCH RESPECT guys

  • @justsavetheplace
    @justsavetheplace 9 місяців тому

    My God that is heavy duty delicate work. Incredible.

  • @firestarter105G
    @firestarter105G 3 роки тому +13

    Makes you want to bring along your parafoil parachute so when you've finished the job you can add to your BASE resume.

    • @johnrandall125
      @johnrandall125 3 роки тому

      I was seriously wondering if these guys carried parachutes!
      (BTW, love your name and picture. I love the whole 100 series. I have read When Thunder Rolled by Ed Rasimus who flew Thuds in Vietnam. A great book!)

    • @firestarter105G
      @firestarter105G 3 роки тому +1

      @@johnrandall125 Thanks. Great book by a great pilot. Hard to believe half a century has passed since then.

    • @stargazer7644
      @stargazer7644 3 роки тому +1

      And get shredded by the guy wires.

  • @nickjohns1192
    @nickjohns1192 2 роки тому +2

    Round of applause to you all 👏👏👏
    Absolute balls of steel
    I guarantee you your not paid enough

  • @hudentdw2
    @hudentdw2 3 роки тому +1

    Guys who do these kind of jobs have balls of steel I'd be shaking in my pants, kudos!

  • @chrisbroesky2932
    @chrisbroesky2932 Рік тому +1

    The helicopter pilot is a master! Precision work

  • @williambyassee6788
    @williambyassee6788 3 роки тому +10

    I heard that this is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Your right, what ever they're getting paid definitely isn't enough.

  • @oldschoolman1444
    @oldschoolman1444 3 роки тому +8

    Nothing like working 1000 feet off the ground, I've done tree removal work and 125 feet but this takes it to a different level. Has to be an adrenaline rush.

    • @captainpharaoh
      @captainpharaoh 3 роки тому +1

      I hear ya. I rappelled into underground caverns some 200ft straight down, and gone ziplining for 1/2 mile 200+ft. off the ground. The adrenaline cancels out our fear. Only afterwards does it hit you: "HOLY CRAP! I just did that!"

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.9155 2 роки тому +1

    When they climb all the way down and call it a day, there must be a sense of relief from the stress of working at such incredible heights as well as a sense of satisfaction for a job well done.

  • @davidcarder6364
    @davidcarder6364 3 роки тому

    What an amazing job by that helicopter pilot.

  • @chrisyates8115
    @chrisyates8115 2 роки тому +4

    These guys are fearless! Incredible!

  • @markharris2539
    @markharris2539 3 роки тому +3

    I thought I was a fearless tower climber. Local Amateur Radio club had a 2 meter repeater antenna on a mast a top a Coast Guard station tower. Can't recall the height but was low-band high. Safety belt went into a channel that ran to the top so I felt totally confident. When I reach out to the side mast the tower swayed to that side about a meter. Had been pre-warned but the effect of feeling like the tower was falling was almost debilitating.

  • @patriotjones5705
    @patriotjones5705 Рік тому +1

    Dude have you watched the video of the guy climbing the highest radio tower on earth? I about died and I wasn't even there. I actually had the opportunity to change a lightbulb in one, well attempt. I got just past half way up as noped the hell out. The climb up takes forever better pack a lunch!! Hats off to you guys, freaking mad Men, true badassery at its finest 👏 👌 🙌

  • @robertdrewek4156
    @robertdrewek4156 6 місяців тому

    That’s some serious badassery. My palms are sweating seeing u hang off the side.

  • @Jolly-Green-Steve
    @Jolly-Green-Steve 3 роки тому +10

    Watching this on my 165 inch projector screen almost gave me vertigo!

    • @donwebber7034
      @donwebber7034 3 роки тому

      I’m watching it on an iPad and it’s making me dizzy! The perspective of the height is mind staggering.

    • @Jolly-Green-Steve
      @Jolly-Green-Steve 3 роки тому

      @KILLING⚡HEROS BenQ 1080p. It's a model from about 7-8 years ago that i got on sale a couple years back for 470 bucks. a similar model is hard to for new for under 700 bucks now. if you are shopping for a projector the best brands for the money are Benq and Optoma. my projector is semi short throw and creates my 165 inch screen at 15 foot distance. bulb on ECO mode is 6500 hours which means i got to replace a 75 dollar bulb every two years. my bulb is at 4900 hrs which means i got to replace it in about 6 months from using the projector on average for 8-10 hours a day. i think the 1080p projector looks better than my cheap 4k tv because the color accuracy is way higher. if you got a big flat wall a projector is the way to go. 3D movies are better with DLP link at home than they were at the movie theaters because the tech works better.

  • @Caprica-od6oc
    @Caprica-od6oc 3 роки тому +26

    Boss: Earl, where is the drill?
    Earl: Drill? what drill? It was in top of your tool box by the wall of the building. I though you took it,
    Boss: Damm you. go back down and get it.
    Earl: I don't think so. If I go down I'm not coming back up. You can fired me if you want

    • @joequillun7790
      @joequillun7790 3 роки тому +1

      Boss: "Oh, you're gunna get it, one way or another. You can climb down on your own, or I'll get you there...faster." :O

    • @TheJohnnyCombat
      @TheJohnnyCombat 3 роки тому +1

      joe quillun OK BOSS! I’LL BE TWO MINUTES!!

    • @iamobserving9917
      @iamobserving9917 3 роки тому

      He says “sure thing boss I will hurry“
      They watch him climb all the way down and when he reaches the ground he walks directly to his pickup; from there he drove to the unemployment office.

    • @joepromedio
      @joepromedio 3 роки тому

      Funny. But in reality their tools are brought up on another load so they don't have to hike it up there.

    • @joequillun7790
      @joequillun7790 3 роки тому

      @@joepromedio spoil sport. :)

  • @boblang409
    @boblang409 Рік тому

    just beyond my courage.... true professionalism and right stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bobmurray3229
    @bobmurray3229 2 роки тому

    Everyone of these people have brass nads. Exceptional skill level

  • @spookedjunglist
    @spookedjunglist 3 роки тому +6

    Like how y'all used that steel sling as a longer spud. I was wondering how broadcast boys did these. I've done chopper gigs flying booms and we land them into webbed slings and gravity keeps them from flopping around. Then mount them with hardware.

  • @notyou6950
    @notyou6950 3 роки тому +2

    At one time the tallest radio tower in the world was the Warsaw radio tower. It was 2,121ft high. Unfortunately, it went down due to human error while undergoing regular maintenance on the guide wires. I've heard stories that it took about a year for the crew to paint it all the way down to the bottom, when they got done it was time to start painting the top again. There was an elevator cabin going way up, but the rest of the way to the top was on a ladder. If you dropped a tool like a hammer, there was enough time to call on the radio to warn other people on the ground.

    • @chooch1995
      @chooch1995 3 роки тому +2

      ‘GUY’ wires.......guy.

    • @ethics3
      @ethics3 Рік тому +1

      @@chooch1995 " Not you" left a good comment telling us something interesting and all you can do is point out one little issue with it !?
      How about YOU leaving an informed , interesting comment ?
      No ?
      Little surprise with a profile name of " Choosh "

  • @conorjenkins2119
    @conorjenkins2119 3 роки тому +2

    Would love to have a go at that. The buzz you would get. Fair play lads .

  • @j.e.g2321
    @j.e.g2321 9 місяців тому

    This is were you learn the true meaning of team work and trust. Doesn't get any better.

  • @Malik-jf7iw
    @Malik-jf7iw 3 роки тому +6

    Frickin massive heights I could die great people they have big heart 💪💪💪

  • @douglaspuett2306
    @douglaspuett2306 3 роки тому +11

    This just came off my bucket list. 😉

  • @shawncosmos5431
    @shawncosmos5431 8 місяців тому

    Special breed of Mammals here. They deserve big bucks for this type of work….

  • @fagen2222
    @fagen2222 2 роки тому

    Just unbelievable precise

  • @gerardovelazquez7428
    @gerardovelazquez7428 Рік тому +5

    Es increible ¡¡¡¡ Que valor, habilidad y precisión del personal técnico y del piloto en el helicóptero para lograr la proeza de instalar la antena, Felicitaciones a todos ellos ¡¡¡¡ Gracias a su pericia contribuyen para comunicarnos como nunca. Saludos a todos

  • @klauspendolo1393
    @klauspendolo1393 3 роки тому +43

    “Hey honey....how was your day?”
    “Well you know what ? You wouldn’t believe me! The cat got stuck up in the tree so I had to climb up 3 meters to get it. What about you?”
    .....

  • @TacticalBigMac
    @TacticalBigMac 2 роки тому

    Man....I climb towers....but you will never catch me on broadcast towers. Yall are a different breed! Much respect.

  • @jimhoppy6251
    @jimhoppy6251 3 роки тому +5

    I fell 6 tears ago and broke my back. It took me 3 shots at watching this to finish the video because I was shacking

    • @michaelodonoghue7464
      @michaelodonoghue7464 3 роки тому

      Jim Hoppy Whenever Falling from a great height remember to kick off against the wall with your Right Leg.
      It won't do anything to Stop your Fall, but it will Turn you Around, so that you can enjoy the great view on your way down.

    • @neetknight9954
      @neetknight9954 3 роки тому

      Would parachutes be of any use? Or just too much stuff?

  • @staceyowens8496
    @staceyowens8496 3 роки тому +4

    Now, just imagine if the chopper pilot had went into a sneezing fit about the time they put the first few bolts in.

  • @ucFJhnukZjfLtc3dPfZrh4qThSg3o
    @ucFJhnukZjfLtc3dPfZrh4qThSg3o 7 місяців тому

    Man, best job in the world, a dream becoming true

  • @draoi99
    @draoi99 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing helicopter skills 🚁 👏 👌 🙌

  • @flydadj
    @flydadj 2 роки тому +4

    He has to be the best helicopter pilot in the world!! God Bless him!!

  • @TheTibetyak
    @TheTibetyak 3 роки тому +42

    This job is not for the faint of heart.
    Nor is it a job for the faint of intestines cause I don't see a port-a-potty up there.

    • @AndrewR-lv9qr
      @AndrewR-lv9qr 3 роки тому +2

      You could pee off the side and it would become a cloud before it hit the ground.

    • @derekhall1934
      @derekhall1934 3 роки тому

      @@AndrewR-lv9qr what about taking a crap ?

    • @AndrewR-lv9qr
      @AndrewR-lv9qr 3 роки тому +3

      @@derekhall1934 blame it on the birds...

    • @derekhall1934
      @derekhall1934 3 роки тому

      @@AndrewR-lv9qr 😆

    • @adeadlydingus
      @adeadlydingus 3 роки тому +2

      @@AndrewR-lv9qr bruh imagine just walking by and some shit traveling at terminal velocity smashes through your skull

  • @ADVENTURESOFBZ
    @ADVENTURESOFBZ 10 місяців тому

    And that's why them boys are paid verrrrry nicely!!!! The pilot is amazing!!! Workers are amazing!!! Fascinating to watch!! From my phone😂😂😂

  • @jacobklomparens9732
    @jacobklomparens9732 Рік тому

    Nice work all the way around!

  • @farisle6602
    @farisle6602 3 роки тому +3

    I'm just imagining this as the first drop of a rollercoaster and thinking 'would I drop dead at the top of the hill or on the way down?'.

  • @alzeNL
    @alzeNL 3 роки тому +6

    i can only imagine this is one part of the install. With the antenna in place, there is probably comissioning work to do as well (testing, adjustments,etc) where people still need to climb up the antenna they have just put on. amazing work.

  • @gray-stinger
    @gray-stinger 10 місяців тому

    Great helicopter pilot work!

  • @davidkrugs6466
    @davidkrugs6466 3 роки тому

    The workers and the pilot are amazing and not paid enough.

  • @robertw1871
    @robertw1871 3 роки тому +7

    Just insane, I’d need enough to retire comfortably to do this just once....

  • @1wtrahan
    @1wtrahan 3 роки тому +9

    Worse nightmare, waking up in the morning on top one of these. 😂😂😂😂😂
    Second nightmare, have to do a number 2 like now 😳😳😳😳

    • @MrSoupsnake
      @MrSoupsnake 3 роки тому +4

      In the tower technician trade, that's called a "mud falcon".

    • @dj6769
      @dj6769 3 роки тому

      Then mud falcons it would be😂😂😂

    • @johnrandall125
      @johnrandall125 3 роки тому

      Having to do a number two immediately might be a bad option for you. It could be seriously worse for someone stood below looking up admiringly at the antenna!

    • @1wtrahan
      @1wtrahan 3 роки тому

      John Randall yep I agree never look up 🤣