Grumpy

If we've got to do 60' for more than a repair we like to use man lifts.

I bid a 3 story 30 square tile mansard on a historic building for about $120k and am meeting the board on the 7th hopefully to close the sale. It's down to myself and one other, but they have more tile experience so I have to really WoW the board. Anyways the point is, we bid to do the whole thing on a cherry picker, with pedestrian scaffold in one 18' area so as not to block the sidewalk.

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tinner666

That's the way to do it Grumpy. I would have bid and planned that the same way.

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English Roofer

So do you guys have a 60ft ladder to reach this height?
We use Cherry pickers and sissor lifts as well, but on the whole use walk though scaffolding for the side walk with over head protection so if anything falls hits that first.

tinner666

60' ladders reach 54' if I'm not mistaken. Heavy suckers!!!!

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English Roofer

God i bet they are Tinner! is it a 2/3 man job errecting them?
Ive got some triple aluminion ladders that go to about 35ft and there heavy enough.

Grumpy

We rent 60' when we need them and always budget 3 men into the job, even though 2 are usually standing around picking their private parts, erm I mean "holding the ladder". 2 strong men can do it, Heck 1 strong man can do a 40 but it's not irregular for someone to ask for help with one.

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tinner666

2 men sure make it easier. One man has a hard time flipping it down off the ladder rack.

We were on a job once and the ladders had to be moved periodicly along a 60' wall. The others wouldn't touch the extended 60. I'd shift it so the top slid about 6', pick it up and run the bottom under the top. After we had finished for the day, I grabbed our 40 and almost tossed it over my head, it was so light!

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Ed the Roofer

I bought and still own 2 of the 60 foot extension ladders for the Queen Anne with the Bell Tower Turret.

I got the rental price and figured about 5 days for 2 ladders and it came up to more than half of what it would have cost to buy them, so I added the equipment fee into the bid, so that job sort of paid for them.

By the way, it was Industrial Ladder Supply in Villa Park, that rented and sold them.

They are frigging heavy and it took 3 men to "Safely" set it up. On was at the top of the Bell Tower Turret pulling a rope and the others on the ground.

Ed

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OUTLAW

I own a "60 footer". Its max working height is actually 48'. It takes three full grown men to operate it safely. I paid $1300. Best thing about having it is that most roofers don't. It helps us get jobs that others can't/won't.

tomstruble

Its so much easier to work when you have nice staging like that English.You can work like a ''gentelman ''as we say here