This man gets paid $20,000 for an hour of work

[@nhtgvn8103]

One day you get to the top and realize you left the light bulb at the bottom of the tower :)

[@eastcoastmostwanted710]

Attach an spare bulb to a drone before going up. Just in case😊

[@annnee6818]

😂😂😂

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

Yeah everyone says that same joke

[@elizabethmontero3361]

😅😅😅

[@Jacoe413]

That's 100% something I'd do.

[@SmittyAccess]

He doesn’t make $20,000 for changing a light. Tower worker are extremely under paid. I’m a rope access tech and we work with these guys sometimes. They’re lucky if they make $30 an hour. I’ve seen this same clip reposted hundreds of times. Who ever told you is full of crap.

[@jasperthehairycaterpillar1168]

@SmittyAccess Your right. I worked for the FAA as a technician. I used to climb microwave link and lighted navigational aid towers amongst others and we got a 25% hazardous duty pay for the shift. If you were on a tower for an hour or your whole shift you got 25% for the shift. The government does not always provide the safety gear you need. We used to climb with a safety person. They would either observe or climb also depending on the need. There was an accident. I was almost killed due to a falling tool from my partner. This was a small tower of only 200ft. Got a life long injury from my climbing belt. We were suppose to have harnesses not belts. Injuries like mine is why OSHA switched to harnesses. My career of 20 years ended because of their lack of following their own regulations. It wasn’t worth it and it certainly wasn’t 20k dollars. That’s the short story.

[@Trainboy1EJR]

Maybe the bulb itself is 20,000? Enterprise equipment can get ridiculously expensive. It’s not like any of these tick-tock knockoff videos have to do any research or be even remotely factual, like any of the Ai voices YT Shorts about military vehicles.

[@Dannysoutherner]

30 an hour plus that view and the fitness benefits. Who could ask for more? Definitely a good weather job tho.

[@jasperthehairycaterpillar1168]

@@Dannysoutherner Not worth it if you get hurt. I made more than that 20 years ago when I was climbing and it definitely turned out not to be worth it. It was beautiful on those towers but talk about swaying even with the guy-wires.

[@Tarheelsrule]

Somebody call me I'm a base jumper I got this s*** all day

[@DrAnderson1]

His name is Kevin Schmidt, he works for Sioux Falls Tower & Communications, and he isn’t paid $20,000 every time he climbs a tower. His buddy from work got a drone and decided to practice by filming Kevin’s ascent one day…they posted the video, but his salary was never disclosed. Someone reposted it with bogus info that he made $20,000 per climb, and that story took off like wildfire. Kevin Schmidt has done 1 interview only about the falsehoods, he stated that he is absolutely not paid $20,000 per climb, but declined to state his yearly salary…which, good for him, he shouldn’t have to. This is a perfect example of how fast lies can spread when people continue to circulate them without doing any research

[@willtricks9432]

His name is Robert Poulson.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

Yea it said he makes $300k a year and $20k to climb that tower to change a lightbulb. If that's the case he only replaced 15 of them a year! No WAY!

[@RWJ127]

​@@willtricks9432 I understand. In death, a member of Project Mayhem has a name. His name was Robert Paulson.

[@lukerocheleau9173]

I heard it was $20,000 per ladder rung

[@ElectricBillAlbright]

I heard he only replaces 2 bulbs a year! 😂 The video showed the same guy and tower, except when he gets to the top he is leaning back on his safety straps and is filming a panoramic shot with his cellphone camera.

Whatever he makes, he earns every penny.

[@creepyalexavideos]

He makes $200 actually

[@fredlewis7825]

Then he is underpaid ​@creepyalexavideos

[@creepyalexavideos]

@@fredlewis7825 Unfortunately

[@macofalltrades6396]

I wouldn't climb that tower for $200,000, because I would have a heart attack from vertigo before I reached the top. For a million in advance? Maybe.

[@georgespalding7640]

This is not a one hour job. This is basically an all-day project to change one bulb.

[@JamesJones-yj8ku]

And then they bought the light bulb from Walmart.

[@CJ-hw4zc]

Ok but still...$20,000 in 1 day.

[@tankiadam4967]

@@CJ-hw4zcthe 20,000 includes travel as well I bet,

[@carlsaganlives6086]

I don't think that's a realistic figure - because way to many would do it for way less...cell tower workers (I know they're not as tall) don't get near that wage. That's underwater oil platform welding territory.

[@christopherwalker6056]

I would do it in a heartbeat for that kind of money! Yeah it's scary but all you have to do is hold on and strap yourself in properly as you climb.

[@bobespersen]

I have been a Tower Climber for 31 years. $20.00- $45.00 per hour. I am an Instructor now, still making less than $60.00 per hour.

[@derrickstanek2599]

Starting wage was 18/hr when I started....

[@williewonka6694]

Hey, don't spoil their fun, everyone needs a dream and a Lotto ticket.😂

[@derrickstanek2599]

@christopherjannette5863 there is no hazard pay. You get tons of hours.

[@masonnovak7258]

Bro tell this guy tower's ain't 15,000 ft and you don't get paid that much.

[@m.w.c888]

1500 feet

[@chad1755]

We all need to start reporting these obvious falsehoods for misinformation. Maybe the channel creators will start putting just a tiny bit of effort into recording the truth

[@stickyfox]

If people believe that Cesar Chavez is running Smartmatic they're not gonna appreciate being set straight on a tower climber's salary.

[@georgespalding7640]

95% of KZbin shorts are just pure BS. It's just become a Haven for stolen videos with made up fantasy stories.

[@angelovalavanis2314]

I call BS on the money, but respect to the man who has the guts to climb that height. 💪

[@natevanlandingham1945]

I am too because that means he only changes 15 lightbulbs a year!

[@nunyabidness674]

When you can feel your testes trying to cower behind your bladder just looking at the picture... and I intentionally jumped out of perfectly good aircraft... I don't have a big fear of heights when I'm strapped into the proper gear. 2 D links and a belt linked to a 3/16 inch steel ladder that was intentionally made as light as possible? Nope! I'm out....

[@laurenmurphy4055]

“So what do you do for a living” “I change a light bulb”

[@TommyBryant-qw2cm]

There aint but one way to find out. I WI was a welder and I've climbed a whole lot of tall. Stuff give me a chance and I'll show you better than I can tell you.

[@TommyBryant-qw2cm]

I am a welder and before there were osha. I saw walk buildings with no language. I'm bucking in one hand and my Wilder, stinger in the other hand. With With nothing to hook with

[@TommyBryant-qw2cm]

Walking beams

[@rip_bozo-lr1hf]

For 20,000 Dollars :)

[@brianstidd1164]

Watt????😂😂😂😂😂

[@veneraldpureza5590]

Guy reach on the very top “fuuuuuck I forgot the light bulb”

[@Captainkirk88410]

Yeah you know someone has done that!

[@dolphsantitho5301]

😂😂😂

[@christiaanoosterveen8528]

Hahaha or his lunch 😂

[@jarmstrong2843]

I use to climb radio towers to change lights. Some towers 300' tall, some about 600' and a few 1500'. I was never paid that kind of money to change a lamp. If i was lucky, I would get a few hundred dollars. When i climbed towers back in the 1970s, i would always test the lamp before making the climb and take an extra lamp along for good measure. A 1500' antenna would take quite a while to climb and come back down. When the job was finished, I was worn out.

[@padmathalamarla8246]

Greatest

[@padmathalamarla8246]

This world is toughest for survival.

[@Foxie770]

I am thankful for the strong, courageous men who work to build and maintain our infrastructure in all these difficult and dangerous fields!!!

[@littleman18170]

They should be wearing parachute just in case

[@ihavenonamemenamejeff4147]

Some just Jump of the towers because they don’t want to climb down

[@Kerbaldash]

Wearing a parachute in this case can be quite dangerous since if you fall , your parachute can get tangled up and you’ll get stuck.

[@ihavenonamemenamejeff4147]

@@Kerbaldash true

[@ihavenonamemenamejeff4147]

@@Kerbaldash but do you want to climb down 15,000 feet of structure again

[@Guerrito385]

He has a harness so keep him secure

[@Snipe_boi]

I did the math in order to get 300000 dollars, he changed 15 lightbulbs

[@sxnny_days1531]

yes that is what 300000 ÷ 10000 is

[@javiercastro4561]

According to indeed they only make 60-80k

[@oldkingcrow777]

​@@javiercastro4561that's averaging the whole field, but hr definitely doesn't make 20k per light bulb. I'd guess he probably makes maybe 5k. Could be 10k per bulb factoring in the week of traveling and all the bonuses, but he aint making "20k per hour" haha. The guys who end up climbing THESE towers definitely command over $150 or so per hour, but factoring in the benefits and stuff it adds up. This video makes it sound like he spends an hour and clears 20 grand... that ain't happening cause there will be equally skilled guys willing to do it for $1000 lol

[@oghitman9881]

​@@sxnny_days1531300,000÷10000=30💀

[@larrymiller8098]

Yes I could

[@propals]

Imagine climbing all the way up and you suddenly realize I forgot the light bulb

[@JG15.]

Ha I would imagine you find any reason to delay climbing 1500'. Prolly check their kit 1500 times before climbing

[@boogitybear2283]

Salute to the MEN that do these jobs!!!

[@ronmann2755]

He deserves every dollar.

[@robertswift8708]

Nah

[@patricksmith5282]

@@robertswift8708yah

[@azzcoopz3270]

Nah he deserves to be paid well but not 20k a day, doesn’t matter if you fall from 20 feet or 2000 feet as you’re dead either way, im a roofer and I work a heights that I’d die if I fell with no harness on and I get $400 a day

[@V0ltron]

​@@azzcoopz3270oh but an NBA player who throws a ball into a hoop, from the ground, should get millions or hundreds of millions...right? Spare me...

[@G.u74]

Nah

[@PastarocketS-sb7nk]

The physical part of the job isn't too difficult. The mental part is the issue.

[@Baconcatboy]

I feel like it'd be a fun thing to conquer

[@sh0cktim3]

This is definitely more physical than you think. Your heart rate is gonna be rising quite a bit.

[@aroni3s440]

You need to pass an ironworker fitness test to be allowed to do that.

[@zGuy-yp6um]

Have you ever climbed anything straight up, if not its a lot more physical then you'd think I poured concrete farm silos and I've climbed 150 feet straight up its not easy.

[@mattw6399]

Climbing that high i think would be physically demanding plus the height = stres and muscles tense up using even more energy. Also i get more stressed high up if my energy us low because i know that if i fall my reaction times may not be as fast

[@sstanek7555.5]

They invited me to school I was like… hell yeah….👍

[@richardrichardson6677]

His friends call him the friend in high places

[@FlyinB269]

My father was in the Army Air Corp in 1946. He was in electronics which at that time was vaccum tubes. He was stationed on the DEW line in British Columbia, Canada. He had to climb a 500 foot tall radio transmission tower to change the light bulb. He had a harness with clip hooks like the fellow in the video had. He said the climb wasn't bad, but with the wind blowing plus his weight at the top, the tower swayed quite a bit. 😮

[@johnking8679]

NO, please !!

[@tomround8271]

Watch Fred Dibnah steeplejack. No safety equipment

[@SomeRustyNuts]

They are designed to sway and flex. It's fine lol

[@FlyinB269]

@@SomeRustyNuts I know they were built to sway. I worked for a company one summer that built towers. They have to sway otherwise they would snap and break.

[@wethepeople7629]

😮😮😮

[@702ringo1]

And he’s worth every freaking penny too!

[@couchpotatoes5158]

Hell no

[@bigsmoke7381]

@@couchpotatoes5158he actually is worth that because guess what people are cutting that check for him.

[@ronfox5519]

I pi s sed myself just watching a video of doing his job

[@RobertSkene-qw3ob]

PpMy opinion! Helicopter costs let us say 3000 / hour Bulbs 40/bulb say 10 bulbs on tower 400 for bulbs 120/hour pay for say 6 hours 1000 odds and ends 500. 8000 dollars! Does the job in probably 2 hours and can do two towers a date depending on weather conditions!! What do you think ?

[@Pals777]

​@@couchpotatoes5158 How many couchpotatoes5158's does it take to screw in a light bulb?

[@ahmetkayan8273]

Respect for that technician!😮

[@lorrainemagarian2677]

Now that's a real important job - no wimp is he! Thank you whoever you are!

[@sauceboss18]

My palms start sweating from just watching this. Give this guy his money!

[@blainemartin1397]

I’d want a parachute… then I’d be cool

[@kelsey_roy]

Not for a zillion bux. I’d rather work 70+ years until death from overwork or from poverty.

[@livin-in-the-south]

Why did I get confused thinking you were doing Lose yourself lyrics from Eminem 😂

[@user-xe3gx2ep4r]

Not in my wildest dreams. Total respect for anyone that does this. I talked to a guy one time that done this. He said the hardest lesson he learned was climbing the tower and only took one bulb with him and it was a bad bulb. He said since that time he always takes multiple bulbs with him anytime he goes up a tower. Big lesson learned for sure!!!

[@a.joegevara3519]

As an industrial maintenance tech, I always ohm every lamp before I install it, and check the one I removed. And that's just at ground level. Sounds like he gained a small level of wisdom with that lesson.

[@eric271ful]

Sounds like a dumb mistake

[@JacquesMesrine94]

Bulb fiction.

[@user-nq7yr9eu8r]

👍👏🤝💯

[@trickolas78]

Your math doesn’t quite add up there, sparkey

[@morrisanderson818]

And all the women who say,we can do, anything a man can, suddenly lost 99% of their fanbase

[@rrgale55]

Underrated comment.

[@111highgh]

​@@rrgale55We need women. I spent last night touching myself.

[@Tailspin80]

Are you saying women have no balls?

[@user-pe8hf5mp5g]

My legs are weak. I am scared of heights! Anything over 2 feet is high. He deserves his rewards!

[@Ryan-qq9qe]

I’m not a fan of heights either, but 2 feet? lol

[@levyoliver5363]

Over 10 feet is too high for me😂😅

[@richardbaker_0086]

I think I could do it. Just block it out.

[@brianswitzerbbmw]

People think I'm being a smart ass when I say this, but it's true- I'm fine with heights, but am I desperately afraid of falling. But me atop a skyscraper with a good ledge, and I can lean over and look down all day. Put me on the third rung of a rickety ladder- I'm scared shitless. I can make a hundred comparisons like this.

[@al87221]

Gym could do favor for them or just basic squats

[@ceasefire9000]

For $20k I’d do it, but something tells me that’s BS.

[@DavidL1986]

if your not scared of heights, easiest 20k ever. But as you said its not gonna be 20k

[@stevenmeyer9674]

I have a hard time believing this story is true. If it is, more power to him.

[@aaron-damonkassner4715]

This would be easy money for me. Mentally, I’d freak too with wind possibly blowing you too fast.

[@jabjones2165]

Yea, america wants it done for free as usual.🤬🤬🤬

[@1dgram]

​@@DavidL1986the heights don't bother me, but I wonder if I could physically climb that much in one go

[@lindastevens6861]

Thank you for climbing that tower and changing the lights You help millions of travellers to avoid crashing You have touched many lives

[@noname-ye7zj]

Oops I forgot the light bulb 😂

[@user-yl4ey7cx7x]

5 minuts of research shows The techs name is Kevin Schmidt Tower climbers earn the highest salaries in California (52,660), Alaska (51,031). General dynamics pays the most. The highest salary I could find is 79k a year. No he doesn't make 300k a year.

[@freepressright]

We paid $1200 a climb when someone needed to climb our FM tower for WQIO, back when I worked there in the mid 2000s. Tower was 480 feet. He said it took about 45 minutes to get to the top.

[@jackdipasquale8199]

Good work on the research. Can't stand social media, and MSM that embellishes the truth to fit their narrative.

[@p-ziniewicz2085]

That's why you don't believe what you hear on you tube media and main stream news. Countless bulshit stories to get views...

[@Buckwheat2080]

@@freepressright. Yeah you paid the tower company that much. They pay their employees $45 an hour and pay their benefits and insurance. The tower climber likely climbed 3 towers that day in the same area that how business works.

[@nigelnigel.]

This is why we have people entering illegally

[@Jaydenskeysofmelodies]

When you bring a lightbulb up that don’t work 😂😂😂

[@RHathemoment]

Oh gosh! ✨😂😂❗

[@Jaydenskeysofmelodies]

Ty for the likes daym most liked ive ever had

[@sh0cktim3]

Nice joke, but never gonna happen. Guaranteed that thing is tested right before

[@eugenewilliams9988]

Check it (test) b4 u go up?😅

[@Jaydenskeysofmelodies]

When you test and it dies

[@ChrisCooper-dh8pm]

This ain't no Genesis or Millennial kids doing this stuff this is real men

[@ex.hindu.now.atheist]

@ChrisCooper-dh8pm I think you mean Gen-Z, not Genesis. 😂 And he ain't gettinç paid no 20,000 an hour.

[@ArtistBoyX_Animations]

Doing such a job is not only exhausting but it is also risky. Like, once you fall from the tower, you will be gone and everyone else will be like 😭 or even 😒. So, consider the pros and cons.

[@goldfieldgary]

Notice the safety rope, it's not really that risky.

[@cbyork864]

YOU ARE A MAN WHO HAS MY GREATEST RESPECT. I COULD NEVER CLIMB EVEN A THIRD OF THAT TOWER AND NOT FREEZE UP.

[@revahills7476]

Me too, there's just no way I could do this kind of job 😬

[@morganfreeman6887]

It's feels so creepy 😱😱

[@sdrahcir5054]

That tower is literally 3 Seattle Space Needles, almost exactly. So yeah I’m gonna heavily agree with you 😂😂 I honestly don’t think I could make it past 100-150 feet and even then I’d be stuck af

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

I knew a guy that did this shit. They had a new hire that was gonna go up with him the next day and at about 600' the new hire panicked and froze. He went back down to try to help new hire and new hire started fighting and knocked both of them off the tower. There were 3 guys on the ground watching this happen talking to them then saw them (and heard them) hit the ground.

[@chinajoe6510]

A third? I can’t even claim pass 10 feet on that tower without panic set in😂

[@BoGPlays1]

They need to get that man a parachute!

[@lanapope4517]

It would make the return trip a lot faster and much more interesting.

[@M21655]

Come on women. Sign up, you whiny liberals

[@I-Despair]

What does this mean?

[@M21655]

​@@I-DespairReading comprehension is hard

[@N1-Bro]

First problem I run into. How to change a light bulb🤣

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

He deserves every cent of the twenty thousand dollars. Not a lot of people could cope with the conditions.

[@WillFranceschi-hj6tw]

He doesn't make no 20k that's str8 🐂💩they can find other climbers that will do the work for 200-300dollars .nobody is paying 20k for that

[@user-sq5zg3ys5k]

@@WillFranceschi-hj6tw Yes sir your absolutely right those guys make 28.00-36.00 an hour. Like most KZbin videos it's BS!!

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

@@user-sq5zg3ys5k crickey dick! I wouldn’t get out of bed for that rate and certainly wouldn’t climb that tower. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@johnnyskied]

​@user-sq5zg3ys5k I don't know his actual rate but it's a specialized, dangerous, high risk job. High risk jobs usually make at least 100$ an hour. Underwater welders make 3 or 4 times what most welders make because of the risk involved.

[@1Happygranny]

If he does get paid that Amen FJB he paying himself with our taxes this man is making pennies compared to our Administration all that money to Ukraine goes back to their pockets

[@ninikshoemaker8628]

God bless him. I am glad he is able to do it.

[@ent-4749]

Its the gettomg down part 😂😂😂

[@gordiescott2470]

If tower climbers are getting paid less than $50 an hour that is the purest definition of armed robbery!! Forget that,$50 an hour is nowhere near enough!! Tell the person that writes the check to get their backside up there and change it themselves!!

[@meanmachine55]

It takes like 3 hour to climb then another 3 to get down.

[@user-zi8ux6fy2n]

Most O' those 300k is in OT and the IRS porks him silly, SILLY I TELL ya'

[@Im_With_Stupid]

It's an hour and a half climb, more or less depending on the weather, his load and how fit he is. That's it. Not even close to three hours.

[@EdgarLeon-tq3uj]

I would imagine the climb down takes significantly less time than the climb up.

[@johnjohnson2660]

Man much much much respect for this man and others who do such work 👍🏽🙏🏽

[@chefbenardee1408]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jaulloa21]

Helicopter would work too

[@hagendietzsch6047]

Not even high enough for me 😂

[@minhthach2747]

I'm afraid of heights and would be scared shitless to go up that high. Congrats to that man.

[@Barrybullthiefpouters]

Your not scared of heights .. noone is scared heights.. your scared of what happens if fall not the height.. if scared heights then wouldn't go up plane you would be able look out window of skyscraper I bet you can do those things ??

[@musicduck4538]

​@@Barrybullthiefpoutersbut flying in a plane or being up high in a skyscraper is very different to climbing a giant tower. Being in a plane at 13 km up you are sitting inside a vehicle where you don't feel the wind racing past you with professional pilots who you can trust to get you safely to you destination. Same for being up in a skyscraper. You don't feel the wind going past you and you are safe inside. Where as climing a tower you feel the wind, you do it yourself, which can make you tired, and if you don't do it correctly, aka with a safety harness, and you slip, you fall to your death. Personally I'd rather work at the top of that tower being lifted by a helicopter then having to climb to the top myself, to then have to climb all the way down as well.

[@TBHallowBoomer]

@@BarrybullthiefpoutersI would not look out window of skyscraper

[@MarkSparks-xd9yy]

You've found the cure for diarrhea.

[@sandrachebo]

I couldn't even stand getting on the kiddie ferris wheel ! 😮

[@derrickstanek2599]

Lol. I do this job. We don't get paid that much. It's an hourly rate of 20 - 30/hr.

[@gaverickk6928]

Fr fr. Though I'm only climbing 100-300 ft towers.

[@xthomasbhx]

Wow, might as well do a normal job for that pay and not risk your life

[@derrickstanek2599]

@xthomasbhx the views are amazing. The job isn't life-threatening if you are safe. 100% tie off at all times. It also provides more hours than any other job iv come across. 50 - 60 hrs a week consistently.

[@derrickstanek2599]

@gaverickk6928 That's the same for most climbers. They HATE turning down or off those AM Towers. I'm sure you'll do a light bulb change at some point in your career. Stay safe out there, brother.

[@BigSketcH]

​@derrickstanek2599 hey bro I'm interested in how to get into climbing jobs

[@jameshooper8793]

Yeah...with a parachute on my back.

[@amoskatana702]

And then he climbs down and a Karen somewhere looks down upon him 😂

[@Rikki-lh2mw]

Salute to any hard-working family man like him !!

[@Derry_Aire]

He's hardly a hard working man - he only works 15 days a year.

[@Rikki-lh2mw]

@@Derry_Aire any proof of your claim?

[@Derry_Aire]

@@Rikki-lh2mw It tells you in the video.

[@Rikki-lh2mw]

@@Derry_Aire agreed mate!

[@Derry_Aire]

@@Rikki-lh2mw I mean, $300,000 per year ÷ $20,000 = 15 days per year, right? That ain't hard work to me.

[@harryteo7801]

Respect to this man.. he deserves every penny

[@davidcooper6618]

It's no big deal. He is tied off the whole time

[@cxrmack6922]

It’s not true they lucky if they make over 30 an hour

[@WolfshadeMNO]

If I was offered $300,000,000 to climb just that one tower once a year, I wouldn't do it. I'd have terrible nightmares every night and would suffer extreme sleep deprivation.

[@MattyIcecubes]

I got a buddy who does this, and I'm jealous. He spends a total of maybe around 20 hours per year working and still pulls in over $100k. He's got a lot of money and a lot of free time. I could never do what he does. I hate heights.

[@MultiJapan]

It’s a hell no for me! He’s extremely brave!

[@kaydencefreeman6043]

So agree

[@mythoughts6922]

It's a hell, no, no frickin way, wtf,? For me!

[@washburn11000]

I literally cried through the whole video lmao. NOPE, I couldn't do that shit. Respect to him

[@Kidwhofailsmost]

You literally did not

[@darklordsauron3415]

I wouldn't want you in a survival situation if your crying over a 20 second video.

[@lilrat6552]

Dey betta get a 4eva lasting bulb shii I’ll do it once lol😂

[@Bmphotog]

😂​@@Kidwhofailsmost

[@stocksxbondage]

“Like… LITERALLAAAY”

[@jimlovell1895]

plot twist: he climbed the wrong tower

[@chrisbondio2394]

What do I think? Dude is a f'in stud and deserves every penny he makes.

[@nigelliam153]

These are now being replaced with led that last much longer. I worked with a man who used to do this until he got severely burnt when a radio tower wasn’t isolated properly. When I say burnt I mean like microwaved his internal organs. Totally ruined his life. Went from a young fit man who loved climbing to a cripple who had to sit down if he walked for more than a few minutes. These guys deserve every cent.

[@sirsaint88]

Men are awesome! We do 90% (or more) of the dangerous and dirty jobs no one else wants to do. Literally building the infrastructure and maintaining it.

[@angelit161]

@@sirsaint88ok calm down incel, this isn’t a gender wars.

[@DevineInnovations]

Did he get paid $20,000? Someone else commented that was a total lie.

[@nigelliam153]

@@DevineInnovations I don’t know what he was paid. I met him after he had been through numerous operations and received a compensation payout. He was placed in a job doing minor clerical work and looked much older than he was. What ever it was it wasn’t enough. One thing to remember is a job like that might take you 3 or 4 days to drive there, you might hang around for a few days because of bad weather so I doubt it’s 20k just for the climb, it might be 2 weeks work just to change a lamp.

[@nigelliam153]

@@DevineInnovations just a clarification, This guy got burnt 40 years ago so wages were much lower. He was also a communications engineer so he didn’t just change globes he would maintain all the radio gear on the mast.

[@MsIvy-tn2ud]

God bless and protect all workers who have dangerous jobs🙌🏾

[@timjohnun4297]

Plenty of people have dangerous jobs, and don't even know it. An ex work colleague of mine retired from 40 plus years in a hazardous job. He got bored so took up a new low stress job, in a dive shop. He was badly injured in an accident while filling a scuba tank, just recently

[@kennethjohnson5180]

100.00 an hour to start should be right

[@ernst2able]

We must not forget that if he falls it was God that pushed him ioff the tower

[@freshevans]

There's no job worth risking your life. U fall u don't get paid

[@billionairesfusion7376]

Which benefits your life more; being crippled and overcome by a fear of heights, or making $300K/year? Feminine emotion is never the answer to anything in a man’s life.

[@elizabethb9132]

He deserves every penny he gets! I would never be able to do this!

[@jamespendleton4802]

He is worth every penny. Pay the man.

[@Myworldmymind908]

Absolutely

[@JamesWilkerson-rd3pe]

Yeah l love it,

[@kdkdkdbdkddn3]

Bro get a job and stop glazing on the internet

[@Myworldmymind908]

@@kdkdkdbdkddn3 says the person that just commented on the internet

[@kdkdkdbdkddn3]

@@Myworldmymind908 whatever that means

[@trueempire8948]

GOD bless this man. He does a very dangerous job most wouldn’t do so he deserves every penny.

[@KaiserBlade]

What's the danger? You see the safety rope right?

[@sanchezking6188]

I couldn’t even do this in a dream about me being a superhero.

[@Jthk4855]

And women want equality 😂

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

I’d get dizzy after 2 feet off the ground, this man deserves every penny earned and some, he’s a legend.

[@unchartedsinger9019]

It's 20k for the task not an hour, the 20k includes wages for multiple workers, equipment, gas, travel, parts, it will take the whole day to do it, the workers changing it get between 20 and 30 an hour, lead gets around 30 to 50 an hour. The owner of the company will get the majority of the pay.

[@controlclerk]

Truth.

[@hellhound6598]

That's crazy as hell let's say if its $20/hr and let's say it takes him 10 hours to get to the top and 10 back down that's $400 🤦🏾 underpaid is an (understatement)

[@jamesb2291]

​@hellhound6598 that's why tower climbing sucks. I quit the second I had a kid on the way.

[@allencastleman7617]

Buddy....you've got BIG BALL-BALLS....😂 Mr.Hightower

[@SixTenVisuals]

Just so happens to be a clear, non windy day. Show him on those other days when he’s REALLY earning that 20 👏🏾

[@okbustaman]

We need a woman to do this because they can do everything and we can't do anything without them

[@briankennedy1192]

😂 wonder how many hands go up. We're only men can't do anything right. 😂

[@PolishBehemoth]

How sexiat and racist of you. We need a half black half hispanic man that identifies as a half asian half native american woman. Whos also identifies as mentally disabled and physically disabled. Is also tans species and identifies as half cat half sea horse. Ya gotta get real diversity in there

[@TheEtbetween]

Stupid statement

[@hungchoonghow5857]

Feminists, including the male ones hate this kind of videos.

[@mysongbite]

This is not for the faint of heart! Men are wired to do unusual jobs like this one. On the other hand, I haven't found a woman doing septic (poop) job either!

[@couchpotatoes5158]

Buddy is pulling numbers from his ass. There’s no world in which this guy gets paid $20k to climb a tower once.

[@billykarnes6035]

It's real. I've seen many stories about this.

[@secularargument]

@@billykarnes6035listen to yourself.. “It’s real. I’ve seen many stories about it” Oh yeah, it’s real now. You’ve “seen stories”. Conclusion solidly reached! 🤦🏻

[@jamesgibson5876]

So he only does 15 changes a year?

[@leonceboudreauxwolf]

No freakin' way..

[@1donniekak]

You’re right it’s bs. Most of these guys make $20-$30 an hour. Drug addicts will do it for less and less driving down the pay.

[@IanScout1]

The guy earns every penny

[@juanpindonga8500]

Any of us would pay 20K NOT TO CLIMB THAT TOWER

[@user-jk7jp7rg1q]

I cant even climb a step ladder, my nephew changes my bulbs lol😂

[@gianluca777]

Respect for this man. I wouldn’t be able to do it. Maybe the only thing that could push me to climb step after step is the thought of my 30 years mortgage getting shorter and shorter…😂😂

[@williamzk9083]

It not only overcoming fear of heights but the extremely high levels of physical fitness needed. You can not afford to become tired or exhausted in any way.

[@manishanshshaswat]

Give me a parachute!

[@calibos3329]

I call horseshit on the amount he's paid. Considering many of us would do it for free.

[@adibee88]

HE DESERVES WHAT HE GETS PAID. I won't do this!

[@Den_1ndo]

Why?

[@jonlinin9682]

Yep, wouldn't get me up there😮

[@couchpotatoes5158]

You realize this guy is completely wrong. There’s no universe in which someone gets paid $20k to climb a tower once. No one would pay that much to have someone change a light bulb, the guy who made the video has no clue what he’s talking about

[@adibee88]

​@@couchpotatoes5158I just read Kevin Schmidt's (The Gentleman climbing, in this video) story. YOU are incorrect. He DOES earn $20K per climb. He does MORE than bulb swap..

[@Trump985]

@@couchpotatoes5158 Well if he owns the company then maybe he does. Having had to deal with “certified tower climbers” $20k to change a bulb on a tower this size doesn’t seem far off. But if he just works for a company I doubt he makes more then $50 or $60 an hour.

[@user-py4qn3lt4t]

Glad he can do it I couldn't do 50 feet. Really I can't even ride a ferris wheel....no window seat on an airplane. He is worth every penny. He probably saves the lives of many people ❤

[@10percent4DaBigGuy]

window seats are the best! you are so high up looking down feels like you are watching a movie! when i was working in high rise construction we would go up 50 floors on a lift on the outside of the building

[@grijzekijker]

This short clip guarantees another invasion of millions of immigrants from palm tree communities.

[@williamrote6581]

I think that this claim is pure BULL #### !! In the late 60's, I was paid $100 to change a bulb on the top of a tower 900 feet tall.

[@mmccubbis3662]

Most people get tired after climbing a 20 foot extension ladder. This guy is practically climbing into outer space!

[@jmanke6057]

So true

[@terrel4604]

Very brave, hardworking man. Probably should be paid even more. He's preventing potential disasters. You don't see any CEO changing that bulb. 🙏 💯

[@TTGTanner]

Cringe

[@sarsar5189]

And you don't see women doing the dangerous jobs.

[@hlbwlt4867]

And you don’t see any NBA players doing this job

[@whomperwhomperson8679]

man this kind of brain-dead drama costs businesses more than anything else

[@jermvelez3444]

That’s why he gets CEO money

[@alihall676]

I can’t even handle an entry level roller coaster let alone changing a light bulb 1500 feet high!! 😮😮😮

[@ykchang7171]

Hat off to this guy. I am more than impressed.

[@AzzKicker-bz1cb]

@@Marcos-cd7nw Then I’d say you’re a glutton for punishment!!! Why do that job for $7,000/day when it pays $20,000/day??? I’m sure he doesn’t climb the entire 1,500 steps at one time, he very likely stops a few times on the way up to rest his legs, not to mention that’s like increasing your elevation from sea level which makes the air thinner than at ground level!!! Your body requires a certain amount of oxygen to operate and as he is climbing, there’s less oxygen in the air he is breathing!!! If he falls at any point, even being tied off to that tower, he is likely to be dead before anyone could get to him to rescue him!!! Maybe you can do that job and do it well, but unless you can fly like Superman, you’d be a fool to do it for less than half what he’s getting paid for it!!!

[@charlesrichardson2655]

I'll do it and be real safe about it. in fact i would be strapped with safety clamps and a parachute

[@ravenklapper3121]

Go apply ​@@Marcos-cd7nw

[@mrteacher1315]

likely to be replaced by a drone

[@kevinwells4986]

I heard Houdini got paid 5 bucks once.

[@rachidluildha2676]

In North Korea, he would be paid $1 for changing 20,000 bulbs

[@aftershockjc3602]

Feminist: We don need men. Men: go change the light bulb over there

[@youtubezcy]

U watch a lotta KZbin huh?

[@blak3brutus229]

@@youtubezcyabout as much as you huh?

[@OnicaRuffin]

​@@youtubezcy??? U must be depressed with your life

[@hyperulf]

KZbin comments always: Let's make everything about gender war!!!!!

[@blak3brutus229]

@@hyperulf you always: “ let’s find what people are doing and state the obvious! “

[@paulheaphy4228]

" Oops! Forgot the light bulb!"

[@Indecisive7337]

And he’s worth every bit of his payment!

[@UKsoldier45]

Only praise for you Sir. You and your colleagues doing a great job. Not for me, far too high.

[@kevinbrathwaite1116]

Respect to this man.👍

[@No1.SPEAKINGTHETRUTH]

No matter how much he gets paid, I bet you his legs to a bit involuntary shaking. Not because he's scared, but you're only using a fraction of your feet because the rungs on the ladders are thin. I do a lot of mountain biking and rock climbing, so my legs aren't exactly weak, but I've been up a ladder for a few hours at work and even while cleaning out my guttering and I've had my legs shake all of a sudden. He doesn't get paid $30,000 to do it, it's more like $30 per hour, but he should get paid way more than he does because not many people could do that every single day of life for a living. HUGE RESPECT!!!

[@jeffmclean9411]

There's no way they get paid $20,000 to change a bulb , cmon man.

[@danielmorgan4899]

For 20k I would change that bulb in a hurricane

[@bettyodom838]

Hell no but I’m thankful for him doing the job

[@drw4338]

Way too high for me. This man deserves every penny, if not more for doing that. I thank God we have brave souls who have the guts to do this to keep the rest of us safe.