[If this works…]
You are cordially invited to comment on this example of ladder set-up. You will notice that the bottom of the ladder is wedged on one side by about five paint stirring sticks for stabilization purposes. What is not clear is that the bottom of the ladder is resting on top of a retaining wall about 3″ from the edge. The drop is about six feet.
-Peter
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The .doc file doesn't work. For pictures, .jpg works a lot better. If you're on windows, open any .jpg file and see what program takes it. Then use that program to import the .doc picture and save it as .jpg.
-- J.S.
Now I try htm:
I do have the picture which I inserted into a Word document. I can't find the original .jpg file. So I saved the word file in htm and see if this works.
-Peter
OK that didn't work. If I have a picture in a word document, how can I save the picture to jpg?
Peter
This has got to be it. I've spent more time than its probably worth but I think I got it.
Anyway, this - if it works out - is a picture of some painting work done outside my house yesterday. It may be horizontal.
-Peter
it worked
Half of good living is staying out of bad situations.
I've been wondering where my crewcab went...S O B's, that was my best truck!!!
Geez, that's really dumb and dangerous. Doesn't that silly twit realize what could happen if that ladder slipped? No way I'ld park my truck there.
Good judgement comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgement
Doc
No way I'ld park my truck there.
Take another look at that truck, maybe there's a method in his madness!
The worst ladder accident I've ever seen was at my neighbours house doing his roof. He had friends help us to do the roof and one showed up with dress shoes on. That's when I should have pulled the plug. Well he walked up the ladder and got to the eaves and guess what? Kept right on climbing. Got to about two rungs above the eaves and damn near went right through to the living room. Needless to say he spent the rest of the day on the ground doing gofer stuff.
looks safe to me, if the picture is level, I'd worry that the trucks could fall on top of the dude,
turn the picture the other way, the ladder may fall off the wall.no turn left unstoned
Take another look at that truck, maybe there's a method in his madness!
Good point.
My picture is a little fuzzy - - Is that a chunk of OSB on the roof of the truck, or is that the roof?
Good judgement comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgement.
Doc
Nothing ventured, nothing pained!!??!!
If you cut and paste to a pic program, you lose the yellow box. So much for anonimity here. I use LviewP32 for all my pic viewing/editting, but it may no longer be available. Search on "lview"
I'm a climber, I cross ledges unroped with 1000+ ft of vertical exposure below me, but working on the second floor eaves a good 20 ft above the driveway gives me the willies. But I know that if I put up a few eyebolts on the soffets to clip into, I'll just pendulum through one of those 26x32" panes and sever an artery.
I bought one of the 28ft type II werner AL ladders. Are 32 ft, or Fiberglass ladders inherently more stable?
Bob
>. Are 32 ft, or Fiberglass ladders inherently more stable?
I have a 32 ft Louisville. Used at the same height, the 32 will have more overlap between the sections and somewhat less twang to it than the 28. I really don't like that twang, I feel safer at the top than in the middle. But I never feel safe on a ladder, which is probably a good thing.
-- J.S.
I used to do rock climbing, but I've realized that a 20' fall can kill you just as dead as 1000' or more...just less time to view your life passing before your eyes.
So the Word .doc worked after all. The guy threated to take my camera if I took another picture so I wanted to leave his face out of it. If anybody wishes to publish this, I don't care about copyright but please remove his face! [Maybe use Photoshop to replace it with Andy Engle's.]
To Al:
I'm sorry about the horizontal orientation of what should be a vertical situation but the composition of the snapshot was much better that way and I haven't bothered to figure out how to revolve it.
The point I was trying to make was that the sharp diagonal line crossing the picture at the base of the ladder is actually the top edge of a six foot high retaining wall. The base of the ladder is [measured] 3" from this edge.
The stuff under the right foot of the ladder is about four or five paint stirring sticks stacked up to provide an even footing. Perhaps you can make out that the rubber foot is pivoted out of the way. I had quite a chat with the guys boss and he said this would provide better friction.
I'm sorry the other picture - taken from the sidewalk - didn't come out. I would have shown the situation better.
-Peter
Here's the upright pic with the face removed.........
Not only am I redundant and superfluous, but I also tend to use more words than necessary
It looks like the ladder degree is in his zone for comfortable working which is probably why he doesn't move the ladder inside the wall on a plate or jammed down in the dirt. And probably didn't have easy access to the security of a longer heavy duty ladder to run down to the pavement. I've done much worse ladder acrobatics in my younger days and won't ever try them again. Safety first to live for tomorrow. Not worth the risk. Bet he got the job done tho'. Half of good living is staying out of bad situations.
So you're saying the rubber foot is pivoted up.....so the foot can not dig into the dirt...as it's supposed to?
Jeff
You kids act like ya never climbed anything like this.......
.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......
You might be a hack if.....
Ditch