Used step ladder for sale

Gavin John Hyde · Dec 8, 2018

Found an old but fully working ladder... any takers?
Can put your tools and materials on aswell. Good for working at height and tray work.
@Pete999 this looks like the sort of thing you would have had during your apprenticeship!

[ElectriciansForums.net] Used step ladder for sale

Squid · Dec 8, 2018

Age bashing is a form of discrimination........... The mods will be on to you.......

Toneyz · Dec 8, 2018

Do you reckon if you rolled up to site with that they would let you use it(got to be tagged)?

snowhead · Dec 8, 2018

anthonybragg said:
Do you reckon if you rolled up to site with that they would let you use it(got to be tagged)?

It will be tagged, 1920 something.

Gavin John Hyde · Dec 8, 2018

It is in the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. place is absolutely massive and trying to get a picture of it all when outside is a challenge. you have to lean right back!
was there this week. They use it to reach up the central columns that have candle holders on, also use them for putting up things on the walls. when pushed up against the wall, you can extend the ladder out even further and reach quite some height on it.
I asked one of the guides about it and he said they are still quite common in a lot of old and larger German church buildings as believe it or not, they dont tend to break and people dont steal them!
became really common in the post war rebuilding period as they used to pull them around with donkeys or horses to reach high up on site. They had variations too, some had a pulley system and acted like cranes with counter weights on the base with a rotating stand built in.
Others had the pulley system on the ladder part and acted like a conveyor belt to take blocks and stuff up to the workers above.
good old fashioned engineering that found a solution to the problems after the war ended and it was time to rebuild.

Fitzy · Dec 8, 2018

Ah, the good old Wheeled Escape Ladder, London Fire Brigade phased this type of ladder out in the early/mid 1980’s for the 9 meter aluminium extension ladder. My brother was the last training class to be trained on them at Southwark, they were the best, most sturdiest ladder ever, but very heavy and cumbersome, took a minimum of 4 firefighters to move and erect. I had the pleasure to practice with them in the yard of my first fire station.

Devonchris · Dec 8, 2018

Probably purchased by a female vicar who is sure that all that glitters is gold.

Squid · Dec 8, 2018

Gavin John Hyde said:
It is in the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. place is absolutely massive and trying to get a picture of it all when outside is a challenge. you have to lean right back!
was there this week. They use it to reach up the central columns that have candle holders on, also use them for putting up things on the walls. when pushed up against the wall, you can extend the ladder out even further and reach quite some height on it.
I asked one of the guides about it and he said they are still quite common in a lot of old and larger German church buildings as believe it or not, they dont tend to break and people dont steal them!
became really common in the post war rebuilding period as they used to pull them around with donkeys or horses to reach high up on site. They had variations too, some had a pulley system and acted like cranes with counter weights on the base with a rotating stand built in.
Others had the pulley system on the ladder part and acted like a conveyor belt to take blocks and stuff up to the workers above.
good old fashioned engineering that found a solution to the problems after the war ended and it was time to rebuild.

You do have some strange fetishes to be honest.......

littlespark · Dec 8, 2018

I worked in my former primary school a few years back.... They had a huge pair of metal fold out stepladders for changing lamps in the hall- must have been 10 feet high or more. Heavy and near impossible to carry on your own.
I used them once, but couldn't keep my balance.

Anyway, the old janitor had them out one day for something when we were there... There was a little nudge - luckily no one was on them at the time - and they came crashing down and literally flattened my tradesmans cantilever toolbox...

Gavin John Hyde · Dec 8, 2018

SWD said:
You do have some strange fetishes to be honest.......

Well what can i say, catholic church, sin and guilt all rolled into one, only thing missing was a nun. but i shall stop there for fear of offending catholics.
Only thing i have a soft spot for is women in high heels! which reminds me i should start looking for the xmas present for the girlfriend!

Squid · Dec 8, 2018

Gavin John Hyde said:
Well what can i say, catholic church, sin and guilt all rolled into one, only thing missing was a nun. but i shall stop there for fear of offending catholics.
Only thing i have a soft spot for is women in high heels! which reminds me i should start looking for the xmas present for the girlfriend!

Get the tallow out.......