Why I love using ladders for tree work

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

On 06/11/2017 at 10:37, Timbermcpherson said:

The best ladder I have ever come across is the scorpro systems.

 

Its got an adjustable foot and can be put on nearly any ground

its got curved rungs and 3 uprights, which makes it much more comfortable under foot and very strong 

because its curved, it fits against tree trunks, poles etc very well

 

Nothing else comes close  

 

ours with the tripod fitted

 

 

 

Interesting set of steps. Have they been loler assessed for winching? How much can you safely lift?

[billpierce]

The best ladder I have ever come across is the scorpro systems.
 
Its got an adjustable foot and can be put on nearly any ground
its got curved rungs and 3 uprights, which makes it much more comfortable under foot and very strong 
because its curved, it fits against tree trunks, poles etc very well
 
Nothing else comes close  
 
ours with the tripod fitted
 

 

 

Where did you get them?

[Fredward]

Was thinking I'd never be able to get them in NZ but they are made here by the look of it

[tree-fancier123]

for £630 ladders direct will send one that gets you up to 13.97 metres, or just short as it would be leaning

http://www.laddersukdirect.co.uk/rope-operated-ladders/heavy-duty-rope-operated-extension-ladders--479.html

need a set of binoculars to make sure its resting securely at the top

[oldwoodcutter]

To my knowledgeable ladder expert friends above who po po the practice of me footing , . . . I stand corrected (on the foot of the ladder) [emoji846]

[Gary Prentice]

I thought footing was to prevent the feet sliding away on a hard surface more than any other reason? 

 

You can foot mine OWC 

[Mark Wileman]

Had 9 big pines to fell yesterday and today, houses behind, all covered in ivy with a load of brush growing underneath them. Set up pull lines in each one, without ladders to get past all the shit at the bottom it would have been hell of a fight getting up and would have slowed the whole site down. I see no problem with them for access, I just whacked my flip line around the stem loosely once I started feeling a bit exposed then transferred seamlessly from ladder to spike at the top rung.

[AHPP]

On 11/5/2017 at 17:48, devon TWiG said:

This is very true .....in fact I believe recent H&S research identified that high numbers of injuries involving ladders were caused to the person "footing " the ladder ....person up ladder fell on them or dropped things on them 

I'd forgotten that. I worked for a guy who had me foot a ladder and swung a hedgecutter into me. I'm borderline religious on wearing a helmet but I wasn't wearing anything that would have stopped a running down hedgecutter going through a shirt and a trapezius.

[AHPP]

On 11/5/2017 at 06:10, skyhuck said:

Hehe, I was thinking the same.

 

I've always thought "footing" is only needed when on hard ground, flags etc, where there is a risk of the ladder sliding, here someone preventing this is useful, IMO.

Yep. That sounds perfectly plausible. For the sake of argument, I suppose you could tie the bottom of the ladder to the bottom of the tree.

[WesD]