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Hahahha...that's good, Justin...."Gary and his brood". Jay, I haven't been up it in any serious wind...that would be interesting. I only noticed surface rust...didn't see anything that looked structurally compromised...except where a bolt had come out of a cross member strap support "thingy"...

Thx Stephen. Wanted to document. This kind of job probably won't happen again. 10.4 woodslinger on ladder. That was Alex's idea. Worked wonderfully. We originally were considering using ropes but this worked very well. Anybody out there that needs their firetower re roofed, just call. ;)

SRT might have been a good option. I am not using SRT ye . Waiting for HH2. Initial plan was to pull metal up but wind would have required a tag line. Was simpler to just hump it.

Yep. I did at least six circuits. Sore quads!

DONE!!!! Finally got the tower re-roofed. Alex (my son), Kirby (FF and tower owner) and I spent a long day last Saturday and put a new roof on Kirby's firetower. Could not start until early afternoon due to boy's ball games in the AM and Spring Fling at their school. Here are some teaser...

We are finally set up to re-roof the tower this Saturday...weather and schedules have been a real pain this winter...lots of rain here at the wrong times. Ideally I'll get some good picts and video of the job.

I can ask him but I doubt it...that's an historical touch that sets the tone as you start up the stairs.

There were 2 heavy duty grounds on the tower we are working on...No evidence of any strikes and the owner hasn't been aware of any for the several years he has been there. He wants us to remove the 12 -15 pines that are surrounding the tower...we'll top and drop them before too long...gonna...

Good stuff, Burnham...those lookout towers you showed are real live-ins...even a wood burning stove! The fellow we are working with has the original fire finder device, probably an Osborne Fire Finder...a type of alidade used by fire lookouts in order to find a directional bearing (azimuth) to...

And some stills I took the day we did the vid:

I found some FS pdf's of construction techniques for towers...some of them were like Conestoga wagons....big, fancy. This a a model Aermotor LS-40 which is 7x7...Spartan. LOTS of pdf actual construction plans from 1930's and up: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/acad/lt/ lots of pictures...

Reddog...excellent question...had not thought of that. There is a ceiling in the tower that blacks view of the apex of the roof. We can remove the ceiling to see...thanks for the idea. If it is removable maybe we can install a beefy eye bolt there to safety off from...that would make things...

Thanks for that input, Burnham...I have been pondering about how to rig better TIP's...figured it would have to involve multiple ropes. There is no surrounding walkway...I can see how your method might work for us. We have figured out a way to use a ladder rigged to the outside of the tower...

I'll see how this pans out as we move along: My son is a fire-fighter. One of his brother FF's bought some land awhile back...complete with a Forest Service fire-lookout tower on it. Alex and I are supposed to help him figure out how to re-roof it as part of restoring it...we went to the site...