[AT] OT: Retiring from roof work

[Larry Goss]

My father walked around the top of the roofless silo on his grandfather's homestead in Colorado.  It was around 1912-1914, and Dad discovered that he could keep his balance if he carried a long pole (ala circus performers.)  He said his "performance" was severely hampered when his grandmother came out of the house, yelled at him, and scared him enough that he dropped the pole.

Larry 

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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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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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