WKBD New Antenna up

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
    @timmack24153 жыл бұрын

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

  • @openrange4999

    @openrange4999

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well I hope the fuck you was double hooked ✅✅

  • @rxb364

    @rxb364

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@openrange4999 and of course, A SAFETY NET ,

  • @timmack2415

    @timmack2415

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@openrange4999 😂😂 Safety first!

  • @ThePaulv12

    @ThePaulv12

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Whoaaaaa !

  • @dansteel9873
    @dansteel9873Күн бұрын

    I did this for 29 years and now I'm old and broken and can't anymore. Watching this makes me both proud that I was special, and sad that for me it's over. I'm broken because of a head on car wreck coming home from work. How ironic that a career ending accident would happen on the ground and off the jobsite. My salute to the next generation of tower workers. A breed apart.

  • @fredpierce5962
    @fredpierce59622 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @fsnvret
    @fsnvret Жыл бұрын

    It takes nerves of steel just to watch this.

  • @dougtaylor7724

    @dougtaylor7724

    Күн бұрын

    I darn near ripped the arm off my recliner.

  • @richb.4374
    @richb.43743 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ChrisLee-UK

    @ChrisLee-UK

    3 жыл бұрын

    and very large ones too!

  • @TheBsavage

    @TheBsavage

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    @@TheBsavage KNOCK YER SELF OUT😂

  • @derecktbear6478
    @derecktbear64783 жыл бұрын

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

  • @innate4994

    @innate4994

    2 жыл бұрын

    They're fine. They have helmets on.

  • @angieroxy7550

    @angieroxy7550

    Жыл бұрын

    @@innate4994 useful if they fall 🥺

  • @appleforever6664

    @appleforever6664

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @hypercane2023

    @hypercane2023

    Жыл бұрын

    They are going to new heights!

  • @Lyth1190

    @Lyth1190

    Жыл бұрын

    @@innate4994 😂😂😂😂

  • @SJ_999
    @SJ_9992 жыл бұрын

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

  • @chunkymonkey3957
    @chunkymonkey39572 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    Very well said brother❤

  • @johns3106

    @johns3106

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Fatdog-Dakind

    @Fatdog-Dakind

    5 ай бұрын

    O M G in heaven! WOOT!

  • @howardsternisbatman
    @howardsternisbatman3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @midcenturymodern9330

    @midcenturymodern9330

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrW454ci

    @MrW454ci

    3 жыл бұрын

    howardstern'sphinctersayswha??

  • @carlarthur4442

    @carlarthur4442

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ASCP67AUS
    @ASCP67AUS2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lawrence.porter

    @lawrence.porter

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @beekeeper8474

    @beekeeper8474

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @rosskrause3926

    @rosskrause3926

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @markpell8979
    @markpell8979 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @luke-san7733
    @luke-san7733 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @sixstanger00

    @sixstanger00

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @ALJOHRH_

    @ALJOHRH_

    11 ай бұрын

    😊😅q 3:53 is theN. N. M M

  • @jamesc7383
    @jamesc73833 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MichaelsJohnDeere

    @MichaelsJohnDeere

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @iamobserving9917

    @iamobserving9917

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ken And then gravity bring him back down?

  • @briangulley6027

    @briangulley6027

    3 жыл бұрын

    True but no one pays to watch them do it.

  • @UkrainianBazooka

    @UkrainianBazooka

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kymtaylor5433
    @kymtaylor54333 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LeonAllanDavis

    @LeonAllanDavis

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @razony
    @razony3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrW454ci

    @MrW454ci

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like this comment. Thank you.

  • @Grey_Duck
    @Grey_Duck3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrW454ci

    @MrW454ci

    3 жыл бұрын

    c'mon, Nic! Name a few others!

  • @MrW454ci

    @MrW454ci

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rondyechannel1399
    @rondyechannel13993 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tonyb7779

    @tonyb7779

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bindig1
    @bindig14 жыл бұрын

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

  • @doninventura9474

    @doninventura9474

    3 жыл бұрын

    They're probably afraid of spiders and snakes.

  • @PhilDesigns

    @PhilDesigns

    3 жыл бұрын

    @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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @swagnermiteTV

    @swagnermiteTV

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    Жыл бұрын

    @@doninventura9474 Actually most of us fear closed spaces.

  • @baconsandwich2007
    @baconsandwich20073 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamesmcswain8120

    @jamesmcswain8120

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @williamlaw6109

    @williamlaw6109

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @globe255

    @globe255

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @thomaskane5200

    @thomaskane5200

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jamesdennis8186
    @jamesdennis81863 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @SabrSuave23
    @SabrSuave233 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @captainpharaoh

    @captainpharaoh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your service.

  • @SSmith-fm9kg
    @SSmith-fm9kg3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bluebearbank247
    @bluebearbank2473 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tomast9034

    @tomast9034

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @---yx7ti

    @---yx7ti

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tomguthrie2033
    @tomguthrie20333 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FSDraconis

    @FSDraconis

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Now that's funny!

  • @michaelodonoghue7464

    @michaelodonoghue7464

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @rf396

    @rf396

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mikerevendale4810
    @mikerevendale48103 жыл бұрын

    Whatever they're paid is not enough!

  • @TheBsavage

    @TheBsavage

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @danm4320

    @danm4320

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lorenzoboyd6889
    @lorenzoboyd68893 жыл бұрын

    Somewhere, Igor Sikorsky is smiling.

  • @MrW454ci

    @MrW454ci

    3 жыл бұрын

    igorsikorski'ssphinctersayswha??

  • @lscales6131
    @lscales61312 жыл бұрын

    My knees became jelly just watching this.

  • @juanvarleta2558
    @juanvarleta25583 жыл бұрын

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

  • @repro7780

    @repro7780

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TEX-704

    @TEX-704

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @charliedee9276
    @charliedee92763 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Mark-pp7jy

    @Mark-pp7jy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mike Wolfe from Iron Mountain?

  • @nitrojunkie9027

    @nitrojunkie9027

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    @@davidwhitehouse8920 it does seem a bit insane

  • @dewfall56
    @dewfall56 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @lc6124
    @lc61243 жыл бұрын

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

  • @toomanyhobbies2011
    @toomanyhobbies20113 жыл бұрын

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

  • @wirenutt57

    @wirenutt57

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @brianh2159

    @brianh2159

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @benburra6194

    @benburra6194

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @thenerdnetwork

    @thenerdnetwork

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @brucehall5267
    @brucehall52673 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SirDeanosity
    @SirDeanosity2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nicksouthon1557
    @nicksouthon15573 жыл бұрын

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

  • @PhilDesigns

    @PhilDesigns

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    FUCK your camera!!!!

  • @Geordie140667

    @Geordie140667

    3 жыл бұрын

    " It's Your Camera Boss"

  • @nico8587d

    @nico8587d

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jetteroheller
    @jetteroheller2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @chriskrausesmovie

    @chriskrausesmovie

    10 ай бұрын

    how big is the respect

  • @JohnMcMahon.
    @JohnMcMahon.3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @persilbran
    @persilbran10 ай бұрын

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

  • @prestonburton8504
    @prestonburton85043 жыл бұрын

    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. KZread 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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nickjohns1192
    @nickjohns11922 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Rene_Voortwist
    @Rene_Voortwist2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sh230968
    @sh2309682 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Jkur2009
    @Jkur20092 жыл бұрын

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

  • @williambyassee6788
    @williambyassee67883 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @hudentdw2
    @hudentdw23 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dirtyliberal1
    @dirtyliberal13 жыл бұрын

    this has been commented here a few times, alot of us feel the same way whatever they are paying you its not enough. the video speaks for itself.

  • @hannstv
    @hannstv3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheF4c3m4n

    @TheF4c3m4n

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Cdv360

    @Cdv360

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrW454ci

    @MrW454ci

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @I_Am_Godron
    @I_Am_Godron3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    We work to take care of family.

  • @SDPBALLCOACH

    @SDPBALLCOACH

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @currincook6422

    @currincook6422

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SDPBALLCOACH 1000 ft per the video description

  • @andymueller4408

    @andymueller4408

    2 жыл бұрын

    Almost sounds like railroading, LOL.

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.91552 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ADVENTURESOFBZ
    @ADVENTURESOFBZ11 ай бұрын

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

  • @scheiepfostierer4652
    @scheiepfostierer46523 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Because they're watching you 👀

  • @susanfrombflo8368
    @susanfrombflo83683 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @danrodrigues3531
    @danrodrigues35312 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kenyonprunty5758

    @kenyonprunty5758

    2 жыл бұрын

    Guy cables

  • @beekeeper8474

    @beekeeper8474

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheJer-jg4nz

    @TheJer-jg4nz

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Gizziiusa

    @Gizziiusa

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @lcfflc3887

    @lcfflc3887

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheJer-jg4nz nature made.

  • @stevenklingler9376
    @stevenklingler93769 ай бұрын

    These guys are truly out of their minds! 😮

  • @Evlengr
    @Evlengr3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    And WKRP in Cincinnati is still broadcasting today..

  • @SJ_999

    @SJ_999

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@StringerNews1 is he ok because of the radiation?

  • @StringerNews1

    @StringerNews1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SDPBALLCOACHmy first thoughts! 😂

  • @douglaspuett2306
    @douglaspuett23063 жыл бұрын

    This just came off my bucket list. 😉

  • @kloug2006
    @kloug20062 жыл бұрын

    These guys have a pretty cool job, never boring.

  • @TacticalBigMac
    @TacticalBigMac2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SlimJayDizzle
    @SlimJayDizzle3 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    Super woosie watching this. Instant fight or flight.

  • @firestarter105G
    @firestarter105G3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @stargazer7644

    @stargazer7644

    3 жыл бұрын

    And get shredded by the guy wires.

  • @patriotjones5705
    @patriotjones5705 Жыл бұрын

    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 👏 👌 🙌

  • @frankthetank5445
    @frankthetank5445 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @lkkota41
    @lkkota41 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @anthonylewis9055
    @anthonylewis90553 жыл бұрын

    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!!

  • @klauspendolo1393
    @klauspendolo13933 жыл бұрын

    “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?” .....

  • @johnnashmy1435
    @johnnashmy14352 жыл бұрын

    Someone once said, "If you should happen to fall, look to the left" and when asked why the answer was "It's a sight you will never see again".

  • @ucFJhnukZjfLtc3dPfZrh4qThSg3o
    @ucFJhnukZjfLtc3dPfZrh4qThSg3o8 ай бұрын

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

  • @oldschoolman1444
    @oldschoolman14443 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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!"

  • @Caprica-od6oc
    @Caprica-od6oc3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @iamobserving9917

    @iamobserving9917

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    @@joepromedio spoil sport. :)

  • @timothysullivan4130
    @timothysullivan4130 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @robertdrewek4156
    @robertdrewek41567 ай бұрын

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

  • @Malik-jf7iw
    @Malik-jf7iw3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Jolly-Green-Steve
    @Jolly-Green-Steve3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @donwebber7034

    @donwebber7034

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @tA_aT287
    @tA_aT2872 жыл бұрын

    This gives me inspiration, you guys rock!

  • @shawncosmos5431
    @shawncosmos54318 ай бұрын

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

  • @TheTibetyak
    @TheTibetyak3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @derekhall1934

    @derekhall1934

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AndrewR-lv9qr what about taking a crap ?

  • @AndrewR-lv9qr

    @AndrewR-lv9qr

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@derekhall1934 blame it on the birds...

  • @derekhall1934

    @derekhall1934

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AndrewR-lv9qr 😆

  • @adeadlydingus

    @adeadlydingus

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @spookedjunglist
    @spookedjunglist3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @chrisbroesky2932
    @chrisbroesky2932 Жыл бұрын

    The helicopter pilot is a master! Precision work

  • @boblang409
    @boblang4092 жыл бұрын

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

  • @markharris2539
    @markharris25393 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mikeprenis2187
    @mikeprenis21873 жыл бұрын

    And these folks are trusting the engineers that said ‘Yep, no problem.’ No frigging way...

  • @bobmurray3229
    @bobmurray32292 жыл бұрын

    Everyone of these people have brass nads. Exceptional skill level

  • @mick949
    @mick9493 жыл бұрын

    you guys deserve every penny you earn balls of steel

  • @staceyowens8496
    @staceyowens84963 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jimhoppy6251
    @jimhoppy62513 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @justsavetheplace
    @justsavetheplace9 ай бұрын

    My God that is heavy duty delicate work. Incredible.

  • @deenasmusicbox
    @deenasmusicbox10 ай бұрын

    Gives new meaning to the term “dizzying heights”!

  • @robertw1871
    @robertw18713 жыл бұрын

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

  • @chrisyates8115
    @chrisyates81152 жыл бұрын

    These guys are fearless! Incredible!

  • @fredschmidt100
    @fredschmidt100 Жыл бұрын

    IThere isn't enough money in the world that would get me up there with a helicopter above me . If the engine quits all of a sudden, the entire tower comes down. Insane job, simply insane

  • @hb1338

    @hb1338

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope.

  • @brentkelly5445
    @brentkelly54453 жыл бұрын

    And baseball pitchers are signing $250 million contracts?

  • @stephenandloriyoung5716

    @stephenandloriyoung5716

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, where's the sense?

  • @havoc1482

    @havoc1482

    3 жыл бұрын

    Basic economics you dumbass. Supply and demand. Sports brings in billions of dollars. You wanna redistribute the wealth? Sounds like communist propaganda citizen.

  • @kjcsomerville

    @kjcsomerville

    3 жыл бұрын

    Back of the net !!!!

  • @brentkelly5445

    @brentkelly5445

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@havoc1482 muppet

  • @flydadj
    @flydadj2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @NatMart9394

    @NatMart9394

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a women pilot.

  • @roykinder4134
    @roykinder41342 жыл бұрын

    Whatever they pay these people is not enough, never seen men with nerves this steady. Good job boy's!

  • @1teamski
    @1teamski3 жыл бұрын

    This makes me nauseated watching this. Such guts!

  • @gerardovelazquez7428
    @gerardovelazquez7428 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @adriancressy8363
    @adriancressy83639 ай бұрын

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

  • @markp.7165
    @markp.7165 Жыл бұрын

    Back in my younger days I did a little tower climbing to around 300-350ft. but these dudes are way way above that. As a young guy I sort of got a thrill out of doing it but now just watching these guys makes me a bit nervous. They earn every dollar they make which I can assure you isn't enough. Good on you guys!!!

  • @nemigogaliza8393
    @nemigogaliza83935 жыл бұрын

    pilot helicopter is good!

  • @notyou6950
    @notyou69503 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    ‘GUY’ wires.......guy.

  • @ethics3

    @ethics3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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 "

  • @gloomyvale3671
    @gloomyvale36719 күн бұрын

    Good to see them using a fantastic JCB. Best end of.