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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: SB Cleaning on December 30, 2010, 11:57:56 am

Title: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: SB Cleaning on December 30, 2010, 11:57:56 am: Hi all :)

Any one used one of the telescopic ladders from maplins??

They are doing a 2.9m one for £60, i am mainly WFP but im thinking in to buying something like this for access and a couple of jobs with flat roofs.
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Nathanael Jones on December 30, 2010, 12:46:33 pm: They're not worth the money,.. heavy, unstable, a pain in the backside to use,...
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: woody1 on December 30, 2010, 12:50:58 pm: rather you on them than me ;D
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: SB Cleaning on December 30, 2010, 01:26:18 pm: Are any of the telescopic ladders any good?
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Alex Allen on December 30, 2010, 02:12:21 pm: Quote from: Nathanael Jones on December 30, 2010, 12:46:33 pm
They're not worth the money,.. heavy, unstable, a pain in the backside to use,...

I agree
try A-frame ladder 3m double
I use these outside and inside of properties
very occasionaly
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Handyman Window Cleaning Services on December 30, 2010, 02:35:12 pm: i use the folding ladder the are good but dont do what this numpty did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhMfzc9RbU
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Jimmy Jon on December 30, 2010, 04:00:17 pm: I'm sure those telescopic ladders can be quite handy and useful for small quick jobs but I just don't trust them, I have a vision of catastrophic failure where I'm at the top of the ladder and each section fails and I come crashing to the ground! No thanks ;D
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: chopsie on December 30, 2010, 05:05:33 pm: here is one using telescopic ladders ;D ;D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isYF5E0WxGU&feature=related
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Jimmy Jon on December 30, 2010, 11:23:56 pm: Nice one chopsie! That's near enough what I'm talking about lol ;D
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Richard Neal on December 30, 2010, 11:34:18 pm: Quote from: Handyman Window Cleaning Services on December 30, 2010, 02:35:12 pm
i use the folding ladder the are good but dont do what this numpty did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhMfzc9RbU

Ouch! you could feel the pain!
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Craig Trevain on December 30, 2010, 11:37:03 pm: the way he fell was nothing to do with the type of ladder though, we sell these ladders and people find them to be most handy.
Title: Re: Maplins telescopic ladder
Post by: Richard Neal on December 30, 2010, 11:39:58 pm: I know Most ladder injuries are not the ladders fault, just most people dont check and then check again.