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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ronnie paton on January 26, 2010, 10:34:13 pm

Title: ladder clamps
Post by: ronnie paton on January 26, 2010, 10:34:13 pm

does anyone use anything else are these are poo rust so quickly

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: stevieg on January 26, 2010, 10:36:57 pm

Ratchet straps!!

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: Sean Dyer on January 26, 2010, 10:37:28 pm

mine have been great ronnie used them for years what you doing to them :)

spray with wd40 regular to keep em loose but mine arent bad at all

ps, was everything ok today beth said you called, is the pressure on our tap low? never had to fil more than a few barrells?

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: jonnyald on January 26, 2010, 10:40:55 pm

i see  guy who use  bike locks to hold his ladders on .  the sort that go through a bike wheel  with a chain/strap and a key to open them

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: Sean Dyer on January 26, 2010, 10:41:23 pm

ratchets is good idea never thought of that

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: dazmond on January 27, 2010, 04:58:34 pm

ladder clamps are the best IMO.use wd40 every now and then on the threads ronnie and youll have no problems pal! ;) ;D ;D

regards

dazmond

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: ccmids on January 27, 2010, 05:13:19 pm

Quote from: ronnie paton on January 26, 2010, 10:34:13 pm

does anyone use anything else are these are poo rust so quickly

i oil mine

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: Dick on January 27, 2010, 05:21:52 pm

WD40 regularly.

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Post by: Martin ccs on January 27, 2010, 05:23:36 pm

is there any way we could paint them? maybe the sort of stuff we use for van bedliner.

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Post by: ccmids on January 27, 2010, 05:50:26 pm

red oxide i think  thats good

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: evil genius on January 27, 2010, 05:52:11 pm

wheres the cheapest place for a set of ladder clamps people?
thanks
ian

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: Ian Mason on January 27, 2010, 06:54:02 pm

Hi,

Thule do a ladder system (548), which I think has a ratchet at one end, & I think a clamp at the other, but you need to have special Thule square or aero roof rack bars.

I have a question though, with  those spinning type clamps, are you able to remove the ladder quickly, or do you spend ages spinning up & down the thread? Thet do seem a lot cheaper than Thule.

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle on January 27, 2010, 09:13:05 pm

whats wrong with bungee cords? 

Been using bungee cords since i started, albeit not that long ago.

then, a heavy duty chain & padlock so there secure overnight.

Title: Re: ladder clamps
Post by: martinsadie on January 27, 2010, 09:34:23 pm

Quote from: ronnie paton on January 26, 2010, 10:34:13 pm

does anyone use anything else are these are poo rust so quickly

how long have you had them Ronnie,nowdays with modern materials they dont rust,only set i had to bin was because the thread had stripped with my mate overtighting them  ;D