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Re: Falls of a roof or ladder

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Newcastle George wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:38 am Peter, you must live in an area where a large percentage of residents have defective balance. :) ;)

I have been out mowing the lawn and trimming the edges this morning, no ill effects.

George
Does that mean I need to go sky diving off a bus roof now? I can't mow the lawn or do the edges or even pull a few weeds out without suffering ill effects that require a few cool drinks to recover from :lol:

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Does that mean I need to go sky diving off a bus roof now? I can't mow the lawn or do the edges or even pull a few weeds out without suffering ill effects that require a few cool drinks to recover from :lol:

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Terry ,the few cool drinks might be worth it, but the pain is not. :lol: :lol:
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I’m not even allowed to climb into our trailer!
Ladders are a DEFINITE no-no.
I have a ladder thingy which folds into a platform at about waist height, (with sheet steel platform insert) as recommended by Tanks. 😁
Even using that, I’m not allowed off the ground unless SWMBO is present, and that is only because she has worse balance at height than I do! 😳😜😀
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Greynomad wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:19 pm I’m not even allowed to climb into our trailer!
Ladders are a DEFINITE no-no.
I have a ladder thingy which folds into a platform at about waist height, (with sheet steel platform insert) as recommended by Tanks. 😁
Even using that, I’m not allowed off the ground unless SWMBO is present, and that is only because she has worse balance at height than I do! 😳😜😀
Are you certain it isn't so she can make sure you don't get up again next time :lol:

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Bloody hell, if I had a $1.00 for every step I took on a ladder, even a zack ... :roll:

This would be my motorhome... :lol:

https://www.caravancampingsales.com.au/ ... ad-120866/

Set it up right, dont over reach , getting on and off them onto a steep roof, alloy ladder on a steel gutter add to the excitement :P

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Vic some of us loose our balance as we age. I worked the first part of my working life on ladders and scaffolding and working at heights on 6 x4 stringers. No fancy harnesses and safety nets. 40ft wooden extension ladders bosan chairs and stages but now my normal gate is atone to a drunken sailer. Need a handrail to get on boat. On the roof is now a great adventure and I don't tell Margaret either
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homeless wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:13 pm Vic some of us loose our balance as we age. I worked the first part of my working life on ladders and scaffolding and working at heights on 6 x4 stringers. No fancy harnesses and safety nets. 40ft wooden extension ladders bosan chairs and stages but now my normal gate is atone to a drunken sailer. Need a handrail to get on boat. On the roof is now a great adventure and I don't tell Margaret either
I'm hearin ya... climbing on my roof scares me now, did it once last year, thats it... more the crook back and tryin to get on and off the thing while it's on the gutter...

leave it to the young ones...

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Vik351 wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:29 pm Bloody hell, if I had a $1.00 for every step I took on a ladder, even a zack ... :roll:

This would be my motorhome... :lol:

https://www.caravancampingsales.com.au/ ... ad-120866/

Set it up right, dont over reach , getting on and off them onto a steep roof, alloy ladder on a steel gutter add to the excitement :P

vik... :|
:lol: Working on the cranes and industrial fitting at the steelworks and cement works involved the odd ladder or three, nothing worse than being on the top level of the blast furnace or cooler towers and realising the spanner you need in back in the toolbox in the shipping container a km away :twisted: Or putting all the harness on, going through the JSA and locking out everything, only to find there is no anchor point for the fall arrester and you had to walk half the length of the shed on a single rail dripping with oil so you get the overhead crane back to its bay and fix the leak .... then walk back down the rail to remove the lockout so you could move the crane :x then walk back down the single rail to the crane because the crane control on the cable was up on the crane, had to pull it up or the Maori riggers would take off with the crane as soon as it was going and quite likely run you over because you couldn't run fast enough back up the rail :lol: The two extremes when it came to safety, the steelworks and cement works, every safety thing you could think of and you were escorted off site if you were caught not using it, the crane building mob ... how do you spell "safety" never heard of it, but you had to wear safety glasses and ear plug because they were worried about compo claims

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T1 Terry wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:53 pm
Vik351 wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:29 pm Bloody hell, if I had a $1.00 for every step I took on a ladder, even a zack ... :roll:

This would be my motorhome... :lol:

https://www.caravancampingsales.com.au/ ... ad-120866/

Set it up right, dont over reach , getting on and off them onto a steep roof, alloy ladder on a steel gutter add to the excitement :P

vik... :|
:lol: Working on the cranes and industrial fitting at the steelworks and cement works involved the odd ladder or three, nothing worse than being on the top level of the blast furnace or cooler towers and realising the spanner you need in back in the toolbox in the shipping container a km away :twisted: Or putting all the harness on, going through the JSA and locking out everything, only to find there is no anchor point for the fall arrester and you had to walk half the length of the shed on a single rail dripping with oil so you get the overhead crane back to its bay and fix the leak .... then walk back down the rail to remove the lockout so you could move the crane :x then walk back down the single rail to the crane because the crane control on the cable was up on the crane, had to pull it up or the Maori riggers would take off with the crane as soon as it was going and quite likely run you over because you couldn't run fast enough back up the rail :lol: The two extremes when it came to safety, the steelworks and cement works, every safety thing you could think of and you were escorted off site if you were caught not using it, the crane building mob ... how do you spell "safety" never heard of it, but you had to wear safety glasses and ear plug because they were worried about compo claims

T1 Terry
And the choice was... do it of nick off... :lol:

Now it's double the other way...

vik... for better or for worse...??? :shock:
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In my days working in the smelters we NEVER had any safety gear. Walked across beams over molten vats carrying planks and paint 80 - 100 feet up.No respirators or hearing protection, as they were for wimps. When I got high lead levels they insisted I wear full water proof gear. Imagine in the middle of summer on a stage against a wall in the heat in full gear.
Working on fibre glass with no protection used bare hands to smooth the bumps etc. Rigging stages from lying on a roof and reaching under to attach snotters and then when the stage was pulled up we hung on to a block and fell off the roof and made sure we landed in or near the stage so you could pull yourself in and then paint down to do it again.
Used to have races being timed to climb the stack when we painted it no safety rail or harness etc, just an open ladder 200+ feet or so up. Then races down in the bosom chairs to see how fast and far you could fall before you chickened out and stopped your fall before hitting the deck.
Used chipping hammers and needle guns inside compressor tanks etc with no hearing protection or respirators.
The only time we have breathing gear was when we sand blasted the resident soot through the cooling towers (painters job as no one else would do it) Went in one end and sand blasted to the other end. Gap at starting was about 6 inches if lucky and you had to blast everything in front of you. Enough room to crawl through on your guts(only the skinny apprentices though could fit) no going back, then you painted it with graphite gear the same way and just slid on the paint as you went. you had to paint in front of your body and just keep going till you got out.
Painted from 6 x 4 wooden beams hanging from rope each end, between the flues and the buildings hanging on by two fingers through the walk way while every one thought it was a joke to tread on your fingers. Used to climb up and down ropes like a monkey, could not do it now. We did all our own rigging in those days as riggers were labourers just succoured to the so called Riggers . NEVER EVER trusted their rigging. If a job was rigged when we arrived we re rigged it to our own satisfaction.Got caught when we followed boiler makers one day in a large launder where they insisted we use the riggers work. We had six painters down in side and it just fell to pieces with little warning, and we were all caught down inside hanging to ropes and a few timber left, the rest was about 20 feet down in the bottom. We had to pull up on the ropes as we could not get a food hold on the ropes as they still had timbers attached, or most of them did.
Safety nerds would have a fit now.
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