Ladders secure?

[Duncs]

tuffering... :laugh:

sunday mornings gd time for tuffering

 

[Duncs]

Leave your ladder clamps etc on the drivers seat.....That way you can't drive off without forgetting to secure your ladders :thumbsup::thumbsup:.

like it gd idea

 

[Smurf]

That was what I started to do that worked a treat on my old van.:thumbsup:

Now I have a larger van with a pull down ladder rack so it's a bit harder to forget to put the ladder clamp on.

 

[Smurf]

I remember those Sundays fondly but sadly they are long gone @Duncs /emoticons/biggrin.png

sunday mornings gd time for tuffering

 

[cheapncheerful]

still its your birthday soon ....:rofl:

 

[Duncs]

I remember those Sundays fondly but sadly they are long gone @Duncs /emoticons/biggrin.png

yeh bit of tuffering then back to sleep

 

[Smurf]

Tuffering then back to sleep...oh to be young again /emoticons/biggrin.png

yeh bit of tuffering then back to sleep

 

[abs]

Years ago I lived in a place called Allenton , real **** pit of a place , and one evening I had my ladder and pointer swiped off my van they ripped my D lock to shreds too, my new purchased ladders and new pointer I painted them striped blue and yellow , they looked stupid , 2 days later stollen :gush: I was gutted , thankfully now I live in a lot posher area but still lock my equipment in the garage at night

 

[cheapncheerful]

you cant really ever take your eye of stuff....its a pain but i wont leave my kit unless its in my sight...or locked up...:specs

 

[boarcity]

thats bad,losing your ladders to some scrote just after buying them.

 

[abs]

thats bad,losing your ladders to some scrote just after buying them.

I was more annoyed at the fact it taken me all day to paint the sodding things

 

[abs]

Honestly thought they looked so stupid and obvious they were mine nobody would steal them ,, I was wrong

 

[Dave B]

I leave mine on my car on the drive

Usually locked with the padlocks that came with the clamps

Most people round here know me and know it would be a bad idea to nick them

 

[Dave B]

Just ask the windie who punched me in the face for working in the same area a few years ago..lol

 

[mrtaytay]

Just ask the windie who punched me in the face for working in the same area a few years ago..lol

Yes....dont think I would be too chuffed at that daveyboy

 

[Dave B]

He actually attacked me in my car

I was collecting in the evening and heard

"You a window cleaner"

So opened window and said yes mate ..thinking I was gonna get a job

Next thing foot in face and him on top of me hitting me with my own car keys ..scars on my arms now where they were covering my face

Worked out who he was as the only mixed race windie in stevenage

Old bill wanted me to id him in shopping centre but brother in laws mates said don't id him and we'll sort it

Safe to say he still lives local but doesn't clean windows and avoids me at all costs

 

[Dave B]

If I ever see him up a ladder he is coming off it for sure

 

[boarcity]

Honestly thought they looked so stupid and obvious they were mine nobody would steal them ,, I was wrong

which way did the stripes run ?

a couple of years ago i saw some decorators ladders where the stile sides were painted a dark colour and then old fashioned style signwriting lettering of the guys name in white applied on top . this looked very nice

i have a small 1 foot long section on each section of my ladders painted a navy blue with yellow stencilling of my phone number.

 

[boarcity]

He actually attacked me in my car

Worked out who he was as the only mixed race windie in stevenage

Safe to say he still lives local but doesn't clean windows and avoids me at all costs

what he do now?a couple of years ago i employed a windie from Equador. he knew how to clean windows and was good at it. but he was a real rogue and i later found out had left all the other firms in the area under a cloud. he wrecked my 2nd van and then tried to claim compo . if he had claimed whiplash he might have got somewhere but he claimed total paralysis from the eyes down [ but was still cleaning windows on ladders]

anyhow i sacked him and he then set up on his own in a matching van to mine ,pretending to be my brother in law and poaching customers. thank god he never had my job list or he would have devastated my biz as he was very cunning .

he found a canvasser to build him a decent round cos he couldnt speak english well. but then he tried to trick the canvasser into handing over the customer list before he paid with no intention of paying a penny . The canvasser had spent a full week on the street in Ipswich but was no fool so didnt hand it over. Later he rang round all the local windies including me see if anybody wanted to buy it-i felt really sorry for this canvasser ,who incidentally came from somewhere in Herts . but i couldnt take on such a big list in 1 hit .

this equador rogue lasted about a year and then suddenly disappeared . i also had 2 polish lads let me down but thats another story

i wont ever employ another foreigner now

 

[abs]

what he do now?a couple of years ago i employed a windie from Equador. he knew how to clean windows and was good at it. but he was a real rogue and i later found out had left all the other firms in the area under a cloud. he wrecked my 2nd van and then tried to claim compo . if he had claimed whiplash he might have got somewhere but he claimed total paralysis from the eyes down [ but was still cleaning windows on ladders]

anyhow i sacked him and he then set up on his own in a matching van to mine ,pretending to be my brother in law and poaching customers. thank god he never had my job list or he would have devastated my biz as he was very cunning .

he found a canvasser to build him a decent round cos he couldnt speak english well. but then he tried to trick the canvasser into handing over the customer list before he paid with no intention of paying a penny . The canvasser had spent a full week on the street in Ipswich but was no fool so didnt hand it over. Later he rang round all the local windies including me see if anybody wanted to buy it-i felt really sorry for this canvasser ,who incidentally came from somewhere in Herts . but i couldnt take on such a big list in 1 hit .

this equador rogue lasted about a year and then suddenly disappeared . i also had 2 polish lads let me down but thats another story

i wont ever employ another foreigner now

There a different race them foreigners

 

[cheapncheerful]

crackin tale boar....on my last pair of ladders i drilled my phone number into the side ...very hard to get rid of that.../emoticons/biggrin.png