Thank you for letting me part of this documentary to all new climbers out there. Be aware of your surroundings and remember not to cut any corners double check your equipment before each use make your inspection become a habit. Stay safe whoop whoop

Thanks for letting me help in this awesome project, hope this gives some clarity to folks!

Outstanding job on this. Thanks for bringing to light, a side of the workforce that not really anybody thinks about. It's pretty obvious that this industry needs some serious changes in the way it operates.

Great doc. As a tower climber, I feel represented. Whoop whoop

This is an eye opening document. I think there's so many industry's that are similar in so many ways. Awesome Video Tommy!!!

Unpopular opinion: didn’t bring up the companies’ willing and carelessness to knowingly employ active users, as well as drug use in general throughout the industry. Not one of us in the industry can say we have never gone to work with somebody high…. To say otherwise would literally be lying to yourself.

From a 12 year vet on the structural side of things I wanna say thank you for this video guys! Every part of this video hit home for me. Currently on a gin pole job taking down guyed towers. Much love brothers

This is a very eye opening doc that casts a vivid spotlight on the inner workings of the tower climbing industry.

You guys hit that right on the money!! Great video hopefully this makes a difference for all of us whoop whoop !!

Nicely done documentary. There seem to be some strong parallels in terms of lack of safety, training, and regulation between your industry and the tree service industry.

Incredible work Tommy, a world that needs to be seen.

Well done sirs, made me a little emotional. Best piece of media ive seen regarding our industry. Whoop whoop!

This is a great documentary. Thank you for making it happen!

Great job guys. I’ve been telling some of my buddies for years now that this needs to be done. A good well done documentary would shed light on the industry. And it needed to be done by a younger group of guys who’s been around awhile. It really is a love/hate relationship ha I love the work and the camaraderie we build with one another and seeing different parts of the country. However I hate being away from my kids, I hate the trickle down sub out bs that hurts our pay, I hate the companies that hire anyone who will put on a belt regardless of true experience or their life “habits”. It hurts us all especially us guys who are passionate about our career. I pride myself on being one of the younger guys who is known for getting shit done but I’ll get it done safely. It’s easy to inspire the young kids who come in with fire in their eyes and see a guy 10-12 years older than them not only moving and kicking ass but always being safe. Safety is always first on my sites. The cut can wait. The welding inspector can wait. I’m not pushing me or my guys past reason. If someone isn’t mentally in it to keep going, etc. then the entire crew calls it together. The problem is now days these small fly by night companies get In good with crown or another big contractor because they know someone and regardless of the companys practices they’ll keep getting work until shit hits the fan. I just had a small company literally beg me to come work for them, guy literally called and text for 5 months. ( my brother worked for him and he was familiar with our work, my PM used to sub him work and vice versa) Paid me pretty good. Paid for my crown welding test and everything. Well he turned on me quickly because I come there, nobody knows shit. Riding ropes without back grabs constantly. Free climbing all over the place. None of them could tie a knot to save their lives. Only knot any of them knew was a bowline. Didn’t know how to use half their equipment. When they were tied off it would be to a hand rail or antenna pipe or hand rail. I let them know how dis pleased I was whenever they decided to send me up a 1600lb boom on a 1000lb cat head. Also didn’t want me to rig a stiff back line to help because they didn’t understand it. Well long story short two cat heads got ruined that day and that was the beginning of the end for me there. I stood my ground told the owner him and his guys are gonna kill someone if he doesn’t start changing things. His answer was to get rid of me and try to trash my name to crown and anyone who would listen. Luckily I e been around long enough that most people know better. But if this would have happened to me 8-9 years ago I wouldn’t have had a career. I’d of had to adhere to his life threatening practices and pray the lord doesn’t call me home

Great video! I just got out after 13 years in the industry. This slowdown, chasing the work, working 100hrs a week, traveling. Fought the good fight, loved/hated every second of it, miss it every day. Being home with my fam is better tho.

Woop woop. RIP to all the fallen tower dawgs. Always keep it 100 guys. We all got homes to go too. 🤙🏼

Whoop whoop.... thanks for sharing...RIP Bishop Darren you'll be remembered forever in our hearts

@WendySchuch 0 seconds ago Well done, my dear brother! 👏 I am super proud of you and this great informative documentary to raise awareness about this dangerous yet crucial line of work. Let us all be more mindful and grateful for the risks you all take for us to have these modern conveniences of phone and internet. I pray you all get the compensation and benefits you deserve. 🙌😘🫶🙏LOVE YOU!! And nice job adding the song from our talented brother Stephen Schuch. #SCHUCH #TommySchuchMedia

This is amazing! Being a sister of a tower climber (Wills) I’ve lived this life on both sides of it on the road and waiting at home for my brother to get back… stay 100! Support you tower climbers!!

Excellent job on making the Video Tommy 👍🥇📽

As someone who has been in this industry for nearly 28 years (16 of those spent climbing), I can say without a doubt that having the need to take a fucking selfie on the tower is going to lead to more deaths. As one dumbass does something dangerous, another will try to one-up him. When I am on the site talking with the crews, I always like to tell "war stories" of when I started in the mid-90s', but most are not the fun things we used to do. I like to tell the bad results of shit guys have done and I had to watch. From a guy being meth'd out and turning his thumb into hamburger while trying to stab a section, to watching a guy fall off the tower to the ground. These folks did say one thing right. Being complacent is a killer. Not having fear will get you hurt. Controlling that fear will let you get off the tower every day. As I told my guys "If you don't care enough about your own life, think about the lives of the people that have to watch you fall". Shit never leaves you.

Hearing the struggle described so thoroughly is a gift!

Well done!! Stay safe climbers!! Thank you all.

Tommy, I don't get on youtube or do the social media thing much but I was sent this video to check out. My hat is off to you my friend, what an absolute masterpiece. The way this was put together is nothing short of genius. I have many years in this industry and I can truly say this needed to be done. Keep it up brother.

Great work

I remember when they use to say "just because there's a safety climb, doesn't mean you have to use it!"

Wow brother, that was so well done.

Whoop whoop so much truth on this video. Even when it’s over and your not a climber anymore there’s never a day that goes by where you don’t miss it or a tower you pass and say I’ve climbed that and you say it with pride. Great job!!! Thank you

Awesome video Tommy, it's people like you and the guys in this video that truly make a difference in the world. RIP to the fallen

RIP to Darren Bishop and all the fallen climbers

Thank you guys for this video

Tommy, great work. So well done ❤

Great video man! Whoop!

As a climber everything they said in this 100 percent true

Well done! I climbed for 35yrs. . .broadcast mostly. . . .and am dismayed by the current situation climbers find themselves in.

Great video ❤

May Darren Rest in Peace thank you brother

Carriers should watch this - they are the route of this issue. hiring anybody with a pick up and 2 dudes

Up easy brothers and sisters

We wanted to shed some light and bring awareness to the public and the climbing community.

Tommy did an outstanding job putting this all together

Awesome doc, im a tower climber from sweden and we have many of the same issues here. Have worked with a few companies now, and you always see the same thing you guys spoke about, where they will have some guy whose job it is to talk about how important safety is (even though hes never climbed) but then the moment money is on the line, it all goes out the window. Have multiple experiences where ive raised a concern to a manager, and the response is "Dont want to hear it, just get it done"

Amazing presentation. I got to work at Motorola Cellular engineering labs during the flip phone days in the early/mid 90s and was always fascinated by this part of the technology. Thanks for illustrating it so well. Hopefully the working conditions for you guys improve soon.

If I could go back to 18 I'd be a tower climber

Being in the HVAC industry I've been the goto guy for high places, I've had close calls but also have huge respect for heights. I'm also a HAM radio operator and have gone through tower and rescue climbing training. My climbing for anything HAM radio related is free due to my FCC license, however the Repeater Association does pay for our training / certification. Huge respect for those who climb it's an amazing thing to be able to do. Stay safe!

Excellent documentary. My heart goes out to Shane's wife and kids. I do not have the mental capacity to imagine the pain they have gone through.

thanks for posting

To all the bad ass dudes out there that do what most of us couldnt.. thank you for your service and stay safe out there.

All these young men, born later than me, gone, for what? It really makes you question it all. Thank y’all!

Awesome video. Just got out of the military and acquired my first tower job. I’m anxious to start and have no relevant experience. Wish me luck fam

A moment of silence for all the lost tower dogs. RIP and thank you

Whoop whoop!

Very informative and eye-opening film, great work. I appreciate the work of everyone in the industry and beyond. Hopefully there’s a safer future ahead. I’m a high schooler interested in tower climbing with my buddy sometime down the road. I have resources available to me to get the proper training and whatnot. But what advice would anyone in the industry be willing share about maintaining relationships on the road, even if they’re climbing as well?

I tip my hat you all of you tower guys!

More people need to know about this. Another example of corporate greed.

Ben very you big stud

Good video though glad to see something like this put together

I’d love to get into this industry.

Woop woop!

proud of you dad!

🙏🏻😔 Sacrificing our beautiful young men and hurting their beautiful families isn't worth any cell phone calls I've ever made. There's other ways. Make right by your men or let's go back to landlines.

This will be the third comment Ive attempted. Apparntly KZfaq doesnt like what I have to say on this topic. That doesnt suprised me as it was all truth. RIP to all the fallen brothers and to the rest of you stay safe out there! V/R, Goldpan & Suntan

So did you guys know the guy who fell or?

Whoop

I don't think phones and Internet are exactly good for us. You know, it's the world were creating.. but look at all the distractions it's causing? Attention spands, people getting lazier. Not wanting to go anywhere.. EVEN KIDS!? Don't even know what playing outside is.. or camping. And the online social trends, the deception, the fighting.. causing a lot of destruction. My point is.. Does the bad outweigh the good!? Is it worth what we are doing to each other? Is it too late? I already wish id never gotten a phone!? It's more addicting than drugs!!!

Sounds like the climbers need to unionize and get some representation

Yeah but then they make changes and everybody bitches about it lol. Remember when we went to the x2 and x3's

About 8 years too late. No longer represents the Industry

Organize. Go Union! 🖤😎🇺🇸

Bravo !!! WHOOP!

Thank you guys for this video

Unpopular opinion: didn’t bring up the companies’ willing and carelessness to knowingly employ active users, as well as drug use in general throughout the industry. Not one of us in the industry can say we have never gone to work with somebody high…. To say otherwise would literally be lying to yourself.