[Lee Burbidge]

How many use a ladder?

[rosskesava]

I notice the test wasn't tried form the top of the ladder....

Also, when it comes to safety, I don't think it wise to test something like that with out a secured safety harness in case the test fails. More deaths occur from fall under 2m than over that height due to falls from ladders or steps.

How do you do a risk assessment when the job is based on proving a known risk is safe? 

As above though, interesting bit of kit.

[Lee Burbidge]

How many use a ladder?

http://youtu.be/IFBIEe-QTIQ

Well Lee, that is certainly a good looking bit of kit.  I was starting to think you had run out of ideas but you've excelled yourself with that one item alone.  A few small problems though.  What's it called?  Where can it be bought?  How much is it?

Hello Paul, I bought two of them for £86.00 including VAT and they were displayed at the Clean It Up Van Fest last year by http://medworthysolutions.co.uk/
They were the first things I spotted at the Van Fest and I bought 2 immediately.
It is called Foot The Ladder.

[trevor perry]

i bought one a couple of years ago as it reminded me of something my dad made in the 70s, i have a picture somewhere of the one my dad made with a pair of roller skates under each ladder stile whilst he is climbing it and the ladder was still stable, he never bothered patenting it but we would often use it in slippy school halls so a man was not wasted footing the ladder

[SunShineCleaning]

It's similar but IMO not as good as a 'Laddermate' We always used these on work where the public could bump us. You can use the laddermate on it's own without leaning it against the wall. It's really quite good.

[Spruce]

i bought one a couple of years ago as it reminded me of something my dad made in the 70s, i have a picture somewhere of the one my dad made with a pair of roller skates under each ladder stile whilst he is climbing it and the ladder was still stable, he never bothered patenting it but we would often use it in slippy school halls so a man was not wasted footing the ladder

? Roller skates = wheels. Would love to see how that worked. If you can find that picture it would be most interesting Trevor. Thanks

[Ian101]

I want one .......... how much and where from ............... btw Lee think your fax machine is broken  (annoying noise please change it  )

[SunShineCleaning]

I want one .......... how much and where from ............... btw Lee think your fax machine is broken  (annoying noise please change it  )

I thought it was the old 'dial up tone for the internet'.

[Ian101]

I want one .......... how much and where from ............... btw Lee think your fax machine is broken  (annoying noise please change it  )

I thought it was the old 'dial up tone for the internet'.

oh yeah it prob is however still annoying 

maybe an expert will be along later to tell us the difference .......... that fella Spruce maybe as he seems to know a lot about everything 

[Nick_Thompson]

The device would have to reach the wall and be 90 degrees to the top of the ladder to rule out completely the laws of physics which dictate slippage, in my humble opinion. 

[Lee Burbidge]

I want one .......... how much and where from ............... btw Lee think your fax machine is broken  (annoying noise please change it  )

lol

[SunShineCleaning]

The device would have to reach the wall and be 90 degrees to the top of the ladder to rule out completely the laws of physics which dictate slippage, in my humble opinion. 

I don't know about the one Lee showed but the laddermate worked very well.

The pressure is mostly to the front and not on the angle the ladder makes.

[Lee Burbidge]

How many use a ladder?

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Wow... over the pass 4 weeks we have had over 4,500 new views on our YouTube channel with 12,008 minutes watched thats over 200 hours of viewing!!

[Lee Burbidge]

What I like about this LSD is that it is easy to carry still on the ladder when you move around a building and I can leave it on the ladder if I was going through tight spots as it has no legs protruding outwards. Of course you can take all LSD's on and off easily. For 43.00 including vat I thought it was a good buy.

A Rojak is another story. Something you have to carry around with ya??

[Scrimble]

i have a device simular to this called the ladder basemate stabiliser, it works on the same concept of holding the bottom two rungs

i used it on wet decking once and the ladder slipped when i was at the top, the ladder stayed upright but came about a foot away from the window sill and stayed there in mid air, i crapped myself

that device would do exactly the same, there not 100percent but i would look at having one as the ladder angle is adjustable for doing gutter clears

[PAUL ERITH]

How many use a ladder?

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Where do you get your work wear from lee