Ladders for tree work

[Mark Bolam]

Depends what colour paint.

If it was something hard to pronounce I'd guess it would be pretty dangerous.

[felixthelogchopper]

sorry, yes I meant for tree work. A friend lent me one a few months ago when I was decorating the house...for that it came in handy. I didn't strop myself to the wall while I was painting though, is this acceptable?

 

Ironically enough, I just saw a thread on the Brushtalk website where a proper professional decorator was slagging off a home owner who was using unsafe ladder methods to take work away from him.

[Mark Bolam]

What's your name on Brushtalk?

I started on there as 'Stirrer', but now go by 'Matt'.

[Al Mondz]

What's your name on Brushtalk?

I started on there as 'Stirrer', but now go by 'Matt'.

 

 

Genius, just genius. The only reason I come on here now is for your comedy gold Mark !

[Steve Bullman]

Haha, it finally happened Mark, you have your very own stalker

[peatff]

Those telescopic ladders are about as pointless as a bag full of pointless things

 

My friend is an architect and he uses one to get into lofts. They do have their uses..

[tree-fancier123]

So you're too poor to buy a MEWP, too unprofessional to hire one. What you can do if you can park under the branches and have an open top tipper back is somehow secure the base of ladder to tipper floor (working on it) then ratchet strap ladde with it leaning to top of tipper frame (or possibly top of trailer ladder rack) extend ladder full 27ft and climb ladder into thin air without it supported at top. Disaster waiting to happen, or may just help clearing out around bt lines. If no one was watching could even lanyard in at the top and use a polesaw two handed. Tree Cutters Guild Approved Contractor.

[tree-fancier123]

Couldn't find a photo of anyone using an extended ladder tied to a tipper with the top of the ladder unsupported in free space, but did find this excellent image originally posted here by johnp