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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Rogue Trader on May 24, 2007, 08:33:12 pm

Title: Where to keep ladders
Post by: Rogue Trader on May 24, 2007, 08:33:12 pm
Just started window cleaning and bought some ramsay ladders.
Will they go rusty if kept outside? , should you keep them dry or does it not matter.
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: shinersonline.net on May 24, 2007, 09:04:25 pm
You should be able to leave them outside.
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: Tosh on May 24, 2007, 09:26:37 pm
Matt,

get some ladder clamps and a padlock and just leave them on your vehicle roofrack; padlocked; Monday to Friday.

They'll be fine.

Aluminium won't rust.
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: Rogue Trader on May 24, 2007, 10:10:32 pm
okey dokey
..... you sure? ???
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: East coast window cleaning Services on May 24, 2007, 10:16:51 pm
yeah on the van Mon-Fri then garage Weekends
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: niceandclean on May 24, 2007, 10:18:58 pm
Matt, tins of drink are made from aluminium!! I leave my ladders on the van roof 24/7 365 days of the year, they will be fine!
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: Rogue Trader on May 24, 2007, 10:22:10 pm
 ;D cool thanks .... ;D
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: Pat Purcell on May 24, 2007, 10:54:49 pm
Matt, i have a 32 footer thats been sitting on my truck(s) for 20 years now still no rust and works great
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: matt on May 24, 2007, 11:16:43 pm
i am shocked at this thread  :o :o :o

no1 has replied " get a WFP "

go on some1, you know you want to :)
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: Alistair@AWC on May 24, 2007, 11:19:14 pm
i am shocked at this thread  :o :o :o

no1 has replied " get a WFP "

go on some1, you know you want to :)


LOL I was going to until you wrote that  ;D
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: cleantech.co.uk on May 25, 2007, 04:56:48 pm
i am shocked at this thread  :o :o :o

no1 has replied " get a WFP "

go on some1, you know you want to :)

ok then, if it makes you happy....


...get a WFP.


Your ladders will be aluminium, and as stated will not rust.

your main concern is theft, so get some locking ladder clamps and your sorted.
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: LWC on May 25, 2007, 05:01:55 pm
when i was using ladders i always left them on my car, i used to live in a dodgy area sort of, and left them on with bungies...still got em  ;)
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: LWC on May 25, 2007, 05:02:12 pm
but yeh defo, wfp  ;)
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: Rogue Trader on May 27, 2007, 12:01:53 pm
I cant ever see a time where i will prefer wfp ... too much hassle..... need a van , a reservoir of water etc ..... anyway i earned #200 yesterday on trad ... why would i need a wfp?
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: jeff1 on May 27, 2007, 12:11:36 pm
when i was using ladders i always left them on my car, i used to live in a dodgy area sort of, and left them on with bungies...still got em  ;)
But they nicked the Bungies ;D ;D
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: JohnL on May 27, 2007, 12:38:08 pm
No, left the ladders and nicked the van!   ;D
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: M & C Window Cleaning on May 27, 2007, 12:46:34 pm
My experience of locking my ladders on my car is a funny one, though I didn't think so at the time.

For twenty years I never locked my ladders on my car. All my mates would say 'If you don't lock em you'll lose em.'
Even when one or two of them lost their's when they were locked, I still didn't lock mine. I didn't think the area I lived in warranted it.
Then one day, when another one of my mates had his bucket and tools pinched off the top his car/ladders when he popped into town for something, I thought perhaps I should start locking mine up. So I buys a D Bolt style lock and start locking them to my roof bars. Guess what.
Within a couple of weeks I came out one morning to find not only my equipment gone but my Car as well.
So much for locking my ladders up, I thought!!!
Title: Re: Where to keep ladders
Post by: pjulk on May 27, 2007, 07:39:59 pm
I leave my ladders on my van all the time never take them off.
I of my ladders has not been taken off for nearly a year now just hope the padlock will undo when i need them

Paul