[AT] OT: Retiring from roof work

[Ronald L. Cook]

Boy, that is the truth, for sure.  And leaning out to hang the downspouts.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

On 4/2/2012 5:34 PM, Al Walker wrote:
> 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
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