Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Wolfman on April 27, 2018, 11:09:10 pm
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Just rented a Zarga 8.6 metre triple and it was too heavy to raise by myself. I tried to do it with the ladder directly being pushed right up into the air, but it's too hi gh and heavy to control and use. Would a rope ladder be better for 7metre+ ones. It also had one of those wide feet which was a problem as the ground had edging stones round a bed. A normal ladder would have been narrower and so dug into the bed.
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Just go WFP - Not helpful I know, but much safer. :)
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Rope ladder? Like a pirate?
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I've got a 35 foot triple you can buy if you want?
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I've got a 35 foot triple you can buy if you want?
how much bud ?
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Think he means for extending it.
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Just go WFP - Not helpful I know, but much safer. :)
No for checking gutters, my 6.1 metre ladder isn't quite high enough at times.
Looking at these. Really need to test the ladder before buying though
https://www.midlandladders.com/Ladders/extension-ladders/class-1-rope-operated-ladders/lyte-double-50m-rope-operated-heavy-industrial-alloy-ladder-class-1
https://www.midlandladders.com/Ladders/extension-ladders/titan-classic-trade-ladders/titan-classic-triple-3-0m-professional-trade-ladder-p-799
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I used to have one of those 3mt triples from Titan Ladders without ropes. I could push it up fine & I weigh under 12 stone. Don’t do it on a windy day though obviously. Pushed up the top section whilst stood to full extension (3 rungs doubled) and then then the next section. Job done.
A double ladder I used to shunt the final bit up a wall if I couldn’t reach. Not good on pebbledash though!
Can you not just get a cheap camera? Or tape a phone to an angle adapter? I wouldn’t wanna be cleaning gutters regularly off a ladder personally. If it’s gonna be regular why not invest in a vac & camera instead?
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I've got a 35 foot triple you can buy if you want?
how much bud ?
£100.00 collected from Bristol. N/O
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I used to have one of those 3mt triples from Titan Ladders without ropes. I could push it up fine & I weigh under 12 stone. Don’t do it on a windy day though obviously. Pushed up the top section whilst stood to full extension (3 rungs doubled) and then then the next section. Job done.
A double ladder I used to shunt the final bit up a wall if I couldn’t reach. Not good on pebbledash though!
Can you not just get a cheap camera? Or tape a phone to an angle adapter? I wouldn’t wanna be cleaning gutters regularly off a ladder personally. If it’s gonna be regular why not invest in a vac & camera instead?
I have a vac, but sometimes you just have to get up there, for example to fix a gutter clip etc. The 6.1 metre just isn't quite big enough, maybe just one more metre. I rented this-
https://www.sitebox.ltd.uk/zarges-trade-3part-skymastertm-z500-3-x-12-combination-ladder-code-40230-ozarges_40230
It was just too heavy to manoeuvre by myself safely when extended. The bar at the bottom made it unusable in the place I wanted to use it because of an edging stone. With those bars, you need a totally flat surface. I will try and rent another ladder and see how I get on with it.