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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Stuart Webster on January 25, 2008, 10:30:24 pm

Title: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Stuart Webster on January 25, 2008, 10:30:24 pm
Just taken mine off. Can't use them now!
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van?
Post by: jonah on January 25, 2008, 10:33:56 pm
If i had a van i would carry them on it !
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: m.b.s. on January 25, 2008, 10:37:31 pm
i carry ladders for access only such as flat roofs over gates also carry a frame for shops bungalows ect which i still do trad
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Neil Williams on January 25, 2008, 10:44:33 pm
Will always carry ladders for various reasons, don't buy into this 'No ladders at all' business.
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Dean Aspects on January 25, 2008, 11:07:25 pm
I keep the ladders on the van i still work off of them occaisionally and also need them for access to a few balconies will keep using them for a while yet

Dean
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: brett walker on January 25, 2008, 11:12:53 pm
i keep ladders on my van for access only


brett
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: matt on January 25, 2008, 11:18:48 pm
i have a pair of 3 way step ladders for axx only, and they are on death row right now with me designing the van
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: steve m on January 26, 2008, 12:31:58 am
99% of my round have no access to the backs, so its over the garage
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: groundhog on January 26, 2008, 12:37:05 am
99% of my round have no access to the backs, so its over the garage

Your targeting the wrong type of houses mate!!!  ::)
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: steve m on January 26, 2008, 12:50:20 am
not really, two stories seven windows, two doors and a patio door for twenty five pounds a house. Fourteen a day, you do the maths
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: groundhog on January 26, 2008, 12:58:16 am
not really, two stories seven windows, two doors and a patio door for twenty five pounds a house. Fourteen a day, you do the maths

Am I supposed to be impressed? ::)
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: windowwashers on January 26, 2008, 03:18:08 am
Have ladders on van and car, needed for access for about 5% of the work, also clean and fix gutters with them.

see we have another jdemarco in the house, £25 a house nice for minimal work fair play to you  ;) if you have this day in day what is you vat number ?
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Walter Pole on January 26, 2008, 07:57:28 am
I only keep a set of steps for the occasional back gate.  I haven't climbed a ladder in over 2 years and don't plan to again.....I heard last week of a local window cleaner being unable to do his work due to a ladder fall, this is someone who has been window-cleaning for at least 10 years, ie with 10 years or more experience of ladder work...a dirty piece of glass is simply not worth the risk, in my humble opinion.

Mark
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: frames to panes on January 26, 2008, 08:20:38 am
Just bought a pair of aluminium step ladders from a custy for a fiver. Seperated the ladders and cut them to fit inside my van for getting over the odd gate.
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: steve m on January 26, 2008, 08:29:02 am
groundhog, if you was supposed to be impressed I'd have lied!
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: groundhog on January 26, 2008, 09:49:38 am
groundhog, if you was supposed to be impressed I'd have lied!

Thats good, coz I'm not!!  ;)
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: steve m on January 26, 2008, 09:57:39 am
nor am I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Dean Aspects on January 26, 2008, 09:58:43 am
I am!!  ;)
 ;D

Dean
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Ian Lancaster on January 26, 2008, 10:15:05 am
So is the Tax Man - you've probably made his day ;D
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: geefree on January 26, 2008, 11:36:13 am
i keep ladders on the van and a small pointer inside the van strapped to the side... but i have not used either for nearly a year, but i wont leave them home as you never know.
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: steve m on January 26, 2008, 12:13:50 pm
he knows all about it , with every thing else I do its all with vat
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: L.J.Thorpe on January 26, 2008, 12:57:34 pm
25 quid :o :o :o is that the going rate in your area for a house like that???? how often do you do em
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: jampot on January 26, 2008, 01:06:26 pm
£25 for that   ??? ??? ??? ??? ::) ???

im way too cheap  ;D ::)
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: L.J.Thorpe on January 26, 2008, 01:11:37 pm
me too ,fair play tho if they are prepared to pay it,couldnt do it round my way tho
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Stuart Webster on January 26, 2008, 01:51:18 pm
Stop hijacking my thread >:(
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: steve m on January 26, 2008, 02:43:21 pm
I go five miles down the road for that. All the houses are on a private estate, and the last window cleaner charged the same, but couldnt put up with the up and down all the time. If I do the houses round me its seven pound a house. I do them every eight weeks, with builders cleans in between
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Blackbushe Windows on January 26, 2008, 05:06:27 pm
Yep, 3 sets.


Peter

Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: windowwashers on January 26, 2008, 06:24:25 pm
Yep, 3 sets.


Peter


I now have 2 and a half sets  >:(
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Mo on January 26, 2008, 09:23:02 pm
keep ladders on my van for access only ;D
Mo 8)

Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: chris@c.m.s on January 26, 2008, 11:33:22 pm
I'm all wfp but had to take the ladders of the Van this week as I had some problem windows.
I think there will always be the need to carry ladders, I hated getting them of the van but needed to work out what the problem was,
Hi Mo your local to me.
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: brett walker on January 26, 2008, 11:52:04 pm
not all the general public are aware what wfp is by leaving your ladders on your vehicle it gives them some kind of a clue as to what you are as they are used to seeing a ladder, bucket and squeegy not a big pole with a brush on the end.

Brett
Title: Re: Who have ladders on their van/car/truck?
Post by: Ian Rochester on January 27, 2008, 06:06:08 am
Quotes from Steve M

"99% of my round have no access to the backs, so its over the garage"  

"not really, two stories seven windows, two doors and a patio door for twenty five pounds a house. Fourteen a day, you do the maths" I make that £350/day or £1750/week or around £84K/year!  That's of course less the 1% that aren't like this!

"I go five miles down the road for that. All the houses are on a private estate, and the last window cleaner charged the same, but couldnt put up with the up and down all the time. If I do the houses round me its seven pound a house. I do them every eight weeks, with builders cleans in between"

Your last post sort of contradicts your second post, it sound like what you're really saying is you have 14 or so houses that you charge £25 a time for and all the others are £7.  ???

Most of us on here would be charging anything from  £3 - £10 for these types of houses.

Oh and so that I don't get classed as hijacking the thread, all of our vans (4) are multi purpose and have ladders and pointers on them at all times.

Two have water tanks in them,one has a backpack with 200 ltrs and the last only has trad gear.