Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jago on January 21, 2008, 02:34:30 pm
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Hello All just a thing for anyone looking for some Tripps
Macro are doing Youngman Box section Tripples for £50 plus VAT
I thought that seemed a good price
just a thought
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I got a youngman from homebase once, the worst & most dangerous ladder i've ever used!!!!
Rungs are square & so off angle when ladder is in correct position & also if the rungs are even damp let alone wet they're lethal.
If this ladder resembles my description above stay well, well away.
Look at screwfix for good, reasonably priced ladders.
tony
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I started out with some youngman's and the above post is right!
even worse wen the rungs are slighty worn!!! because its just flat ali so when there wet or damp very very slippy!
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Only good thing about Youngmans is they are light. But shop around for D - rungs with good feet.
Peter
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When it comes to ladders you should be getting the very best possible that you can afford - you life depends on them!! :o
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I've got ladders, they are old but good, but they are heavy.
Que one. Which are the best to get that will take me to gutters, or should I stick with what i've got (which do)?
Que two. Feet have slipped so, whats the best safety device?
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Some scxum bag nicked one of my sets of ladders today >:(
So now need some new ones :'(
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One of my custys has a set of Youngmans lying on the ground in there back garden, with a 20° curve in them, I remember Macmac saying what he said above about Youngmans when I was looking to get a new set, so I avoided them, glad I did.
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You know about ladders ww, so when you get some post. It's not so much the price as which sort to get. My old ones are less likely to be nicked, I have one of them hook things that twizel tight onto the roof rack, but I never put the lock on. Is this a big mistake? My cheap steps I tie on with a bungee. Will they both be gone one day?
Also park on drive overnight.
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You know about ladders ww, so when you get some post. It's not so much the price as which sort to get. My old ones are less likely to be nicked, I have one of them hook things that twizel tight onto the roof rack, but I never put the lock on. Is this a big mistake? My cheap steps I tie on with a bungee. Will they both be gone one day?
Also park on drive overnight.
my guy was using them today, when they got nicked he went over a fence, i was vidid not at him, glad i didnt catch up with the person, as I broke something on my system about 2 mins before so would have lost it so in a way it was good I didnt. would have taken a pic of a squeege in a place that it should not have been.
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My tripple ladders are in the back of my van, out of sight ;D and my really long tripple ladders are locked up to a wall at the back of a hotel with the owners permission and he has a set of spare keys.
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Have always used Abru Starmaster - good balance between being solid but not too heavy. D-rungs essential for safety and less tiring for your feet.
Also use Abru's Stabilad that lock onto stiles - on and off in a jiffy. Don't think Abru do them these days - but check back seen pic's of similar device.
Peter
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The back of My Scudo is pretty crowded. I have bars that go across the roof my spare 17xtel plus 34hybrid plus two trad poles go through holes in bulkhead above drivers head. My heater with movable flue is mounted same side as leisurebat and varipump, then a 19kg lpg tother.Reel mounted on top of tank.
So ladders on roof.
Going off topic a bit, never mind back lay out, what about the front? The front of my van is like an office. I have leaflets, two kinds of payment slips, addressed envelopes, change, phone, clipboard with george printout, pens, diary.....
Has anyone got a neat way of dealing with all this?
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No! ;)
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Going off topic a bit, never mind back lay out, what about the front? The front of my van is like an office. I have leaflets, two kinds of payment slips, addressed envelopes, change, phone, clipboard with george printout, pens, diary.....
Has anyone got a neat way of dealing with all this?
Mr Solubility - Sounds like you need a filing cabinet in the cab of your van. Ford Transits have an optional filing drawer in the passenger compartment on their new vans. Perhaps you need a Ford Transit to stay organised :)
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The back of My Scudo is pretty crowded. I have bars that go across the roof my spare 17xtel plus 34hybrid plus two trad poles go through holes in bulkhead above drivers head. My heater with movable flue is mounted same side as leisurebat and varipump, then a 19kg lpg tother.Reel mounted on top of tank.
So ladders on roof.
Going off topic a bit, never mind back lay out, what about the front? The front of my van is like an office. I have leaflets, two kinds of payment slips, addressed envelopes, change, phone, clipboard with george printout, pens, diary.....
Has anyone got a neat way of dealing with all this?
briefcase ;)
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No matter which ladders i use, i slip down when your two rungs become one at the bottom of you ladder and cut my shins at least once a week. Been thinking about wearing my shinpads!
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No matter which ladders i use, i slip down when your two rungs become one at the bottom of you ladder and cut my shins at least once a week. Been thinking about wearing my shinpads!
i used to do that when I first started, hurts like hell, I stopped it thank god.
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Birdymiller,
Had that last year - 3" gash down my shin! Think twice now every time I get to that point coming down!
Peter
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Crazy thing is ive been doing it for 12 years now you'd think that i would have learned by now. But at least once a week i forget
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Crazy thing is ive been doing it for 12 years now you'd think that i would have learned by now. But at least once a week i forget
lol
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I had a set of Youngmans and took them back after a month, they were really cr-p. the play were the rungs joined the uprights made the thing unstable. They gave me a set of Lyte ladders with D rungs, they were brilliant. Dai
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I have had a set of youngmans for about 15 years and they are great
But maybee they have changed manufacturer or something as they do seem by your posts to have changed
Mind you I also paid top money back then so I just do not know
Just thought it might be a help for some of they guys trying to get a first step up on the ladder of window cleaning as it were to buy these as a starting point
:)
J