1900

lol, you haven't proved anything except for your age

sparkyboys

i will take that as a compliment.

miketrupower

Are aluminum/metallic ladders ever used in the trade

MDShunk

Nope.

If you see an electrician with an aluminium ladder, he's just playing electrician.

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sparkyboys

sure, just wear a sign on the front and back of yourself that says

I AM BIG DUMB MUTHA @@#$%^

220/221

Unless it's an extension ladder to access a roof or run conduit etc.

I stand on top of ladders all the time. I ain't that smart. I ask my guys not to do it.

Today I was on my tip toes on an 8' ladder because the 12" ladder is more difficullt to get out of the truck and carry into the house. The 8 footers are right there, in the back, on the floor. The 12 is on a top rack.

I finally got smart, gave up and drug out the 12.

randomkiller

Where is that munchkin land?

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"One Nation Under God"

randomkiller

Let some guy from Craig list do the job and let him worry about the injury.

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A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including my life."

"One Nation Under God"

randomkiller

Ignorance is bliss.

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"One Nation Under God"

220/221

What the hell do you tie off to? MOST of the time, in my work, there's nothing available.

Even if there is something above to tie to, what do you tie to when climbing over 4"?

The ladder?

bobelectric

"Git Are Dunn"

220/221

Next time you see a 3 foot step ladder, look at the OSHA warning. It is the same as other ladders...

"Do not stand on the top two steps"

Basically, you have a 12" ladder.

Oh yeah...ladder stories.

For you amusment only. Do not try this at home, kids.


#1

I was standing second step from the top of a 20' step ladder, troubleshooting a 1000w MH tennis court fixture. I opened the hinged door and the ballast tray came tumbling out.

It swung on the wires and hit me in the chest. The wirenuts came loose and the ballast tray went straight down, taking out the hinged ladder support bracket on one side.


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I had to hammer drill thru a grouted block from inside a tatoo parlor. I put a drop down to minimize clean up. I leaned the extension ladder up gainst a wall, grabbed the hammer drill and climbed up about 4 rungs when the bottom slid out.

I remained fairly calm but in my attempt to grap something, I absolutly obliterated a bio hazardous waste container for used needles and sent a hundred of them flying throughout the room. I thought I was going to come out of there looking like an AIDS infected porcupine but when the dust settled, I was standing there, holding the hammer, assesing the damage, thinking "Wow....that could have been really bad".

Peter D

You gotta put all this stuff in a book.

sparkyboys

you can tie off to the ceiling grid for all i care.

wirenutwannabe

Hell no I dont think youre a wimp man. Its kinda like truck driving, if Im not comfortable with the load or the equipment Im driving, I dont pull it or drive. No load or job no matter how important it is, is not worth my life.