[AT] OT: Retiring from roof work

[Al Walker]

These experiences remind me of things I used to do when filling silos. 
Like climbing up 40 to 50 feet and hang by a single 3/8" bolt and wrestle 
the pipe into the roof opening when the crew hoisted it up.  I shudder just 
to think of doing that now.  No wonder people went to permanently mounting 
pipe on silos.
Al in NW MN

> Dean:
> I hope you heal up from this very soon.  In the last 2 years it feels
> like I have aged 10 years.  Probably from taking care of my bedridden
> Father before he passed away.   Dad would stand on the top of the
> ricketiest ( if that is a word!) ladder we had on the place.  He gave me
> a lot of crap about buying some good ladders when we built the last
> steel building here.  I weigh nearly 300 lbs and am 6ft tall, so when I
> hit the ground there is a lot of cracking going in.  Not just the
> pavement either.  I have found the best thing is a platform on a
> forklift or a loader to get up to high places.   When the Internet
> broadband guy came around, he was amazed that I would get out the big
> forklift and platform to lift him up to the peak of the house.  ( about
> 20 ft)  He was going to use a ladder to get on the edge and walk up the
> roof then hang over to mount the antenna.
>
> You just cannot beat a scaffold or a large piece of machinery.  I really
> hate ladders.  I bought a bucket truck last year and need to get it
> running to use to repair some lighting here.
>
> Glad to hear you are ambulatory.
>
> Cecil in oKla