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1976gmc20 · 10-25-2020, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Yeah, that gets my vertigo going! Once I helped take a transmitter off the edge of a building, 11 stories up, and two of us standing on a rickety sawhorse made out of 2 by 6es. Man, I was drenched with sweat when we got that off. We didn't have any fall arrest gear, either. I told my supervisor never again. Another time, I climbed to the top of a 200 foot radio tower. I was actually OK with that, because it had stairs. Crawling over the diagonal bracing was annoying, though. I managed to stick my head out of the hatch, but that was all. One of the other engineers stood on the platform and counted to ten, then came down. When I worked at Cape Canaveral, I had to go outside on the top level. Something like 200 feet up. I hugged the wall as far from the railing as I could get. I think one could see Cuba from up there, on a clear day.

It's funny: I can stand up on a mountain and it doesn't bother me much but a building etc scares me. I remember up in Alaska several of us were walking along this snowy knife edge ridge with probably 1000' drops on both sides. Ho-hum, it sure is pretty up here

And logging down in NM one winter, I had a bunch of timber on the other side of a coulee (arroyo they called them down there). So I dropped a nice size tree across it and walked the tree to cut the limbs even bending over to get the ones underneath. For about a week I used that tree as my trail to work every day. I dunno how they skidded it because I was usually falling trees several weeks ahead of the skidding and loading.

Killer Bee · 10-25-2020, 09:19 PM

pale by comparison but the lafd fire ladders are 100' free climb, no harness

Larry took this pick of me

pictures I took from the top, that's Larry standing on the cab

point loma is about 400' from sea level.. along with a stout wind it's scary..

I crawled out to the edge on my belly

**Ol Blue K20** · 10-26-2020, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Killer Bee

pale by comparison but the lafd fire ladders are 100' free climb, no harness

Larry took this pick of me

pictures I took from the top, that's Larry standing on the cab

point loma is about 400' from sea level.. along with a stout wind it's scary..

I crawled out to the edge on my belly

Ooh noooo!!! Non of that for me.

**Boog** · 10-26-2020, 09:48 AM

A fella could get a nose bleed just looking at those high shots.

**LockDoc** · 10-26-2020, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Killer Bee

pale by comparison but the lafd fire ladders are 100' free climb, no harness

Larry took this pick of me

pictures I took from the top, that's Larry standing on the cab

point loma is about 400' from sea level.. along with a stout wind it's scary..

I crawled out to the edge on my belly

We used to climb our 100ft aerial ladder then bail over the side and slide down a rope. We also trained on the "Pompier" scaling ladder. You scaled the outside of the building with them. Our training tower was 5 stories high. You would climb to the top, touch the cornice stones and climb back down. This is the best video I could find that shows it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgsgBtG4ibg

It is in different segments throughout the video. This ladder was aluminum, ours were wood with metal strapping. Fun times....

LockDoc

1976gmc20 · 10-26-2020, 01:29 PM

That's a young man's sport. Makes my shoulders and knees hurt just watching it.

72c20customcamper · 10-26-2020, 01:50 PM

Scrounged some oak yesterday

**slomotion** · 10-26-2020, 09:13 PM

Still water early in the morning......

**special-K** · 10-27-2020, 06:52 PM

Slick ca'm. Nice boat!

'63GENIII · 10-27-2020, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Scrounged some oak yesterday

Nice score on the Oak! Nice CUT as well. I have one too. You have the BH on it also?

Great little machine!

**slomotion** · 10-27-2020, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Slick ca'm. Nice boat!

Thanx Tim.
It doesn't get that calm very often. It was early in the morning and cloudy so the sun hadn't had a chance to stir things up.

72c20customcamper · 10-28-2020, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by '63GENIII

Nice score on the Oak! Nice CUT as well. I have one too. You have the BH on it also?

Great little machine!

This was an easy scrounge town cut it and bucked into lengths I didn't even take my saw
Yup bh and the three point hookup for other implements. It's been a fantastic toy

Rich84 · 10-29-2020, 02:33 PM

This is a Christmas ornament my grandmother made many many years ago..
My daughter has it hanging on the wall. Looks an awful lot like the Covid to me.
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**special-K** · 10-29-2020, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

This was an easy scrounge town cut it and bucked into lengths I didn't even take my saw
Yup bh and the three point hookup for other implements. It's been a fantastic toy

I pick up that roadside freebie stuff. I have some red oak now that was all 5'-6'. They were clearing powerlines near the road just up about 2 miles from here. I had my empty utility trailer on my way to a job. I turned around and flipped all that wood into then trailer, back home, unloaded, and off to the job after maybe a 45 minute delay. Works for me.

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Originally Posted by Rich84

This is a Christmas ornament my grandmother made many many years ago..
My daughter has it hanging on the wall. Looks an awful lot like the Covid to me.

Yes it does. She was a visionary

78chevstepside · 10-29-2020, 05:54 PM

**3757chevy** · 10-29-2020, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 78chevstepside

That's cool.

1976gmc20 · 10-29-2020, 08:10 PM

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roadside freebie stuff

We used to scrounge firewood off powerline right of ways in Alaska. It was all cut in anywhere from 6' to 12' lengths depending on the diameter and stacked. The hard part was getting in and out of there because there wasn't really a road just a cat trail.

72c20customcamper · 10-29-2020, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

I pick up that roadside freebie stuff. I have some red oak now that was all 5'-6'. They were clearing powerlines near the road just up about 2 miles from here. I had my empty utility trailer on my way to a job. I turned around and flipped all that wood into then trailer, back home, unloaded, and off to the job after maybe a 45 minute delay. Works for me.

I do it all the time . But I really dont need it I have enough wood for 5 or 6 years maybe more but I cant help myself

'63GENIII · 10-29-2020, 11:38 PM

The Boy's first time out on a charter today. Went out for Rock Cod. Left at 8 or so and back to the dock at 12 with a limited boat.

Was a proud moment for me today. He was finally able to see where I grew up. He almost hit the jackpot. 2nd biggest fish of the day.. A different kind of "remote learning" happened today

**special-K** · 10-30-2020, 05:44 AM

Great way to spend the day. A better approach to education, I'd say. I have a wool jac-shirt like that!

GOPAPA · 10-30-2020, 08:39 AM

Great time you had out in the ocean fishing with your son,, Rock Cod is one of my favorie fish to eat. Bottom fish are some good fish

**Ol Blue K20** · 10-30-2020, 09:59 AM

It looks like you guys had fun. My buddy brought me rock cod he and his son caught last weekend. I don't do well out on those boats. I tend to chum the fish....

Andy4639 · 10-31-2020, 09:56 PM

My view coming home the other night. This is the SC Blue Ridge mts. We live in the foot hills of them. This is a !/4 mile from the house.

Redneck Rydes · 11-01-2020, 06:35 AM

Looks beautiful,I miss my home and family in SC stuck up here cause of Covid

**special-K** · 11-01-2020, 07:29 AM

I miss my '85 Jimmy Diesel

10-25-2020, 09:19 PM	#1127
Killer Bee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Barber City, CA Posts: 4,812	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ pale by comparison but the lafd fire ladders are 100' free climb, no harness Larry took this pick of me pictures I took from the top, that's Larry standing on the cab point loma is about 400' from sea level.. along with a stout wind it's scary.. I crawled out to the edge on my belly __________________ *I started out with nothing - and I still have most of it*

10-26-2020, 09:48 AM	#1129
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,524	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ A fella could get a nose bleed just looking at those high shots. __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

10-26-2020, 01:29 PM	#1131
1976gmc20 Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Montana Posts: 3,696	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ That's a young man's sport. Makes my shoulders and knees hurt just watching it. __________________ Current/past Chevy/GMC trucks: 1958 Chevy C-60; 1965 GMC C-50; 1965 Chevy C-10; 1971 Chevy K-10; 1973 Chevy K-20; 1976 GMC C-20; 1977 Chevy C-10 Suburban; 1980 Chevy K-10; 1989 Chevy K1500; 1991 GMC V1500 Suburban; 2016 Chevy K2500 HD Other vehicles: 1988 Jeep XJ; 2011 Toyota 4Runner

10-26-2020, 01:50 PM	#1132
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,721	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ Scrounged some oak yesterday Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

10-26-2020, 09:13 PM	#1133
slomotion Old Duffer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 1,822	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ Still water early in the morning...... Attached Images __________________ '68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve."

10-27-2020, 06:52 PM	#1134
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ Slick ca'm. Nice boat! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

10-29-2020, 02:33 PM	#1138
Rich84 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Woodbury, Ct. Posts: 1,692	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ This is a Christmas ornament my grandmother made many many years ago.. My daughter has it hanging on the wall. Looks an awful lot like the Covid to me.

10-29-2020, 05:54 PM	#1140
78chevstepside Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: lacenter, washington Posts: 718	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ Attached Images __________________ 1978 c10 stepside 4/6 drop 350 vortec crate 2011 camaro ss2 6.2 automatic 2017 tahoe lt 2002 silverado lt 1500 5.3 automatic. 1981 el camino

10-29-2020, 11:38 PM	#1144
'63GENIII Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: San Carlos, Ca. Posts: 3,048	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ The Boy's first time out on a charter today. Went out for Rock Cod. Left at 8 or so and back to the dock at 12 with a limited boat. Was a proud moment for me today. He was finally able to see where I grew up. He almost hit the jackpot. 2nd biggest fish of the day.. A different kind of "remote learning" happened today Attached Images __________________ Chris '63 k15 long step Vortec 7.4 - L29 Blackbear tune, Five 0 Motorsports injectors, Chris Straub Cam, NV4500, divorced 205 52" front and 63" rear spring swap D44 / 14bff - disc axles Milemarker 9K and 10.5K hydraulic winches 63" & B52 Spring Install http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ng+swap+thread NV4500 Reverse Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=reverse+build L29 - 7.4 Vortec Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&highlight=L29

10-30-2020, 05:44 AM	#1145
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ Great way to spend the day. A better approach to education, I'd say. I have a wool jac-shirt like that! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

10-30-2020, 08:39 AM	#1146
GOPAPA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nampa Idaho Posts: 7,554	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ Great time you had out in the ocean fishing with your son,, Rock Cod is one of my favorie fish to eat. Bottom fish are some good fish __________________ When you learn a thing a day you store up smart.

10-30-2020, 09:59 AM	#1147
Ol Blue K20 Proprietor of Dale's Corner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Vacaville , CA Posts: 16,245	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ It looks like you guys had fun. My buddy brought me rock cod he and his son caught last weekend. I don't do well out on those boats. I tend to chum the fish.... __________________ "Some Days Chickens And Some Days Feathers" Dale XNGH ECV Sam Brannan 1004 R.I.P. 67ChevyRedneck R.I.P. Grumpy Old Man R.I.P. FleetsidePaul

10-31-2020, 09:56 PM	#1148
Andy4639 Old member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S. Posts: 19,945	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ My view coming home the other night. This is the SC Blue Ridge mts. We live in the foot hills of them. This is a !/4 mile from the house. Attached Images __________________ 1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs.

11-01-2020, 06:35 AM	#1149
Redneck Rydes Registered User Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Trenton,Ontario & South Carolina Posts: 755	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ Looks beautiful,I miss my home and family in SC stuck up here cause of Covid

11-01-2020, 07:29 AM	#1150
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Random Photos ‘You took’ I miss my '85 Jimmy Diesel Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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