Ladder m8 vs bps ladder base

[Smurf]

Best practise is you don't move/carry any size ladder extended as sounds like you where trying to @Jimroot.

 

[Dave B]

Mine are extended by 2 rungs as can't fully collapse them with standoff attached

I have to hold them 1 rung higher than i would without standoff to balance them

 

[Jimroot]

Sounds like I'm defo doing something wrong then. Found this to try:

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[Smurf]

No never carry an extended ladder about or you will come a big cropper for sure.

When doing roofline work on most 2 storey jobs with that type ladder having the wide stabilising bar at the bottom of the ladder it makes it easy just to place the ladder collapsed where I roughly want it then push the top section up as far as I can reach comfortably. Then the middle section to the desired height when doing gutters so the microlite standoff rests on the roof tiles. I then adjust the ladder if need be to make sure it's set right and level. After doing that I deploy the ankalad legs so I have a very stable platform to work from.

To put the microlite on/off the easiest way I've found when the ladder is collapsed is to position the ladder in enough space so I can walk the ladder down to the ground. Then walk it back to the upright position.

 

[Jimroot]

Thanks smurf. I'm having another go on Saturday. Was starting to think you're all four times stronger than me! I've used ladders before but not for maybe 15 years and I forgot how these type work! Last 15 years it's just been interior step ladder stuff.

They are scarily heavy at 7m with a stand off dancing around the garden

 

[Smurf]

oh dear me I'm not supprized /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Jimroot]

I think if I wasn't relatively fit from my martial arts training I'd have done myself an injury. What a learning curve this work is!

 

[Jimroot]

Ladder went up fine using the 'standard method' ;-)

I still wouldnt like to carry it even collapsed over much distance with obstacles or access issues as the base catches on stuff so the weight can then swing it.

 

[boarcity]

a good test of fitness for the job is to carry a triple over rough ground

 

[Smurf]

Or in thick mud but best you don't go trying to climb the ladder with mud on yer boots /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Jimroot]

Right, I'm off to climb snowdon with it in my sandals, don't wait up lads...