Adjustable bracket scaffolding???
johnharkins
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who can help me out in identifying product I am after
you are on a sloped roof and you want to provide level staging area or the like
think a sawhorse and you remove the two legs on one end & the two legs remaining on the other end are adjustable
have seen them advertised in FHBldg / JLC and they have been discussed here in this decade
have googled using same words that got you here but to no avail
remember price of say $280 – $360
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Try Bronco horses
that is sounding familiar - I'll give it a try
are they something you have incorporated in your tool arsenal or do you make up brackets as you go?
John ,
I don't own any of those , but I have a couple sets of chimney bracket scaffold that I use quite often .
Walter
I bet you do have a few chimney brackets
anything to keep you level headed for a stretch
hard to find those babies - trying to take advantage of Amazon pricing/shipping but they don't have any in their system right now
thanks, john
We have a pair of the Broncos and they are very useful. I would recommend them.
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
I'm saving my quarters for a type of scaffold our mason friend has. It's all loose pipe and cross saddle fittings that tighten with a wrench.
Infinitly adjustable and can be added to standard scaffold frames so that one side can be 5' off the ground if you wanted. Poles are about 1.5" dia, and can screw together to make em as long /high as ya want.Way cool set up, but I missed getting the name last time I helped him set up. I think it's a Euro type deal.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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What you describe sounds like "tube and knuckle" type scaffold. Individual solid pipe up to 13-0 high. These are called tubes, knuckles connect the tubes at right angles. Because you can set horizontal tubes at any height ,jacks are not needed,only the base plate.I have worked on tube and knuckle scaffold up to 260'-0" high off the ground.If there is a scaffold company like Safeway or Brandt in your area,you may be able to buy what you need from them. Make sure you know how to properly use it. Might pay to hire a guy for a day to get the gist of it. This scaffold system is easy to use once you know how, the learning curve is short . If it was a regular frame type then I wouldn't suggest hiring help. I am assuming you are not familiar with tube and knuckle,disregard this if you are.
mike
One rental yard here has the tube and knuckle parts for attaching to reg. bucks as wall tie offs, that was the only use I had seen before.I help the mason set up a tower for a huge brick column and we had tight quarters and uneven ground conditions. He just added two tubes to the 5x7 frames on one end, and we got the first setup level, like you said w/out feet. It was more unlevel than a half frame and adj. feet could have done safely.I think a small impact driver and socket would be more handy than a wrench to snug up all them bolts. I was liking the set up right away, esp. if it has to be transported a lot. Kinda like tinker toys.Off to work in boom lift now...speaking of UP THERE.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Walter, if you've got any pix of those chimney brackets I'd be interested in seeing them.
I usually wind up setting a pair of roof jacks and a short 2x6 on the roof, then laying a scaffolding platform or plank across to it from pipe scaffolding set up on the ground. Doesn't work well if the roof is too deep. On metal roofs, I gotta use a pair of ladder jacks on hook ladders. Major pita....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Dino,
I'll take a picture of them when I get home later .
Couple them with a pair of Ultimate Ridge Hooks and there is no roof that can't be perfectly staged up .
Walter
I'm salivating already....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Here they are . I'll only embed the first , but check out the others too .
The horse co**s on these are 5' apart and when you set them 7' apart and use a standard x brace you can set lifts on top of these.
Closed , open and top flange shown , plus the Ultimate ridge hooks . There is a 2x6 bolted to these , but it's supposed to be 2x8 so the chimney bracket scaffold can be screwed directly onto the plank .
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Hey, thanks for that, Walter. Looks like I've got some shopping to do in the spring....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Those chimney brackrt scaffolds may not adjust upwards of 12/ 12 --might be your only concern ,being from A frame land <G>
No problem; the bulk of gable roofs up here are either 4:12 (bungalows) or 12:12 (traditional), with a smattering of 8:12s and 10:12s just for spice.
The few A-frames in the area are up around 25:12 or so and no wider than 24 feet at the base. So the chimney usually can't get more than 12 feet from the eaves laterally.
It's the Mansards and gambrels that make ya scratch yer head real hard....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....