[AT] OT: Retiring from roof work

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Our 14' x 30' did not have a top, so I had to straddle the staves and scoot approx 1/3 around the top to put the pull rope into a pulley so we could pull the blower pipe up,then  secure it, then scoot backward to the chute/ladder.  Herb 
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From: "Ronald L. Cook" <rlcook at longlines.com> 
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 6:52:12 AM 
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Retiring from roof work 

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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