Ankalad ladder stabiliser

[nepia]

Just a question, Drilling the holes yourself would this not weaken the structure of the ladder?? would it pass an inspection??

 

Surely these holes should be reinforced as there are different forces now involved.

 

 

You could be right but the holes haven't torn or otherwise distorted in seven years' use. They're 7-8mm.

[nepia]

In 1999 i went on a course in stratford , east london (working at heights). A series of photos were shown and i had to say what the operative was doing wrong ( according to the health & safety brigade). One of the photos had a man on one of these "A" frames cutting a connie hedge. I couldnt tell what he was doing wrong, but apparantly according to hitler he should by no means be up such a dangerous contraption and should be using a cherry picker, when i said "what if you cant get a picker in the back garden what should he use now?" He was stumped and shrugged his shoulders. Lovely bit of kit and should make a lot of jobs a lot easier.

 

 

In 2003 the H&S take on them was that they did away with the need to have a second man footing the ladder!

[Steve Bullman]

Just a question, Drilling the holes yourself would this not weaken the structure of the ladder?? would it pass an inspection??

 

Surely these holes should be reinforced as there are different forces now involved.

 

There was mention of this in the instructions, and that it definetly did now weaken the ladder...but it would say that i guess

[rbarton_uk]

Thanks

[Ian Leach]

There was mention of this in the instructions, and that it definetly did now weaken the ladder...but it would say that i guess

 

Covering their backs then I suppose it depends how well people look after their kit and put it away, some of my previous employers staff it wouldn't last 5 minutes with .

[Steve Bullman]

definetly....this wouldnt take getting chucked in the back of the van so well

[Rob D]

Used an ankalad system for years and found it to be very good. Can be a bit fiddly with the buttons at times but as said with someone on the bottom very handy.

[nepia]

They're still great - I couldn't do without them - but it seems the legs are no match for an HS81R.

 

I think I'm going shopping... online as they're not made by Stihl

[htb]

Oops butter fingers, main thing is your Ok, the aluminium can be replaced.

[nepia]

Thanks.

I think the correct term here is 'operator error'. The more accurate one is 'clumsy git not thinking about the leg tucked into the fluffy front of the hedge.'

 

Even with the cutter blades not being as hard as those some years ago they don't have a mark on them from the encounter.