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Think I May Need A Longer Ladder
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Smurf
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Yep on the 2 sides you can operate it from but the other 2 sides you would not be able to use one due to restricted access.
Even the biggest cheery picker you could hire would not outreach far enough to be able to do it from the sides either.
Even the biggest cheery picker you could hire would not outreach far enough to be able to do it from the sides either.
Smurf
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Nah the down draft might be an issue too :Image13:
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Best option like I said before would be to scaffold those 2 sides but cost would proberbly work out more than hiring a chopper :Image13:
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They don't have an option other than some numpty gutter clearing firm erect and keep struggling to moving a scaffold tower on uneven restricted ground.
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Serious question - why not? Wouldn't your high powered OmniPole GutterVac do the job?
Hmm, that's how I would have done it.
If you can't use a GutterVac, then you would need a 'telescopic' cherry picker to get the reach, and they are pricey. I wouldn't go up a ladder to that height (my preference on safety and comfort grounds). I can see there being safe access working on the roof, so a mobile scaffold platform is the way to go. Maybe pay a young (cheap) strong lad to help you move the platform, and take away buckets of rubbish from the gutters as you lower them down (I have a bucket on a pulley).
