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My technicians use a 32ft fiberglass ladder, it is quite the behemoth when  fully extended. I was thinking about tying a rope to the top of the ladder so they can use some leverage to guide it, when placing it against the house, and taking it away from the house.  

Any suggestions or do I need to tell my guys to hit the gym?



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Anything that will help is a plus, but the gym might help some. Lol
Just be sure that when putting the ladder in place that there are 2 guys doing it.
That way it will not kick out on you!

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Have your guys hit the gym. Tying ropes can get in the way. I carry a lightweight 24 foot aluminum ladder. It will do the job for you must of the time.

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I used to move a wooden 40 foot around myself in my younger days ,but them days are LONG gone!

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24 Ft aluminum, 16 Ft aluminum and 8 ft fiber glass step ladder in my arsenal.



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Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:

I used to move a wooden 40 foot around myself in my younger days ,but them days are LONG gone!


 Eric I hear you, I had a 40' aluminum of my truck for the longest, It was hard to man handle by my self, I recently replaced it with a 32' It is much easier to manage. I liked rigidness of the 40, but to heavy.



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24 Ft aluminum, 16 Ft aluminum and 8 ft fiber glass step ladder in my arsenal.


 Hey Al, how are you doing over there in Orange Park? 2 winters ago I used to go over there often.



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I used to move a wooden 40 foot around myself in my younger days ,but them days are LONG gone!


 Eric I hear you, I had a 40' aluminum of my truck for the longest, It was hard to man handle by my self, I recently replaced it with a 32' It is much easier to manage. I liked rigidness of the 40, but to heavy.


 Way to heavy for the older boys,LOL.



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I carry a 12, 16, 24 and 32 on the truck. I have a 40 at the shop but only use it once or twice a year.

Most jobs I need to roof walk, I use the 12 to a 1st floor roof and the 16 with levelers to the 2nd story. I use the ladder levelers daily. They are lifesavers !

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Guys aluminium ladders are cake, I was asking about the ropes specifically for the fiberglass. You need 2 ppl to carry this ladder. One person just isn't practical. I'm gonna give the ropes a shot, see if it makes a difference. Oh and the reason we use fiberglass is so, if we hit an electrical wire, our guys stay safe.

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Dan, I think your website is down.

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Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:
Roof Cleaning Lanoka Harbor NJ 609-971-6553 wrote:
Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:

I used to move a wooden 40 foot around myself in my younger days ,but them days are LONG gone!


 Eric I hear you, I had a 40' aluminum of my truck for the longest, It was hard to man handle by my self, I recently replaced it with a 32' It is much easier to manage. I liked rigidness of the 40, but to heavy.


 Way to heavy for the older boys,LOL.


 Eric I took my 40' ladder and spray painted it safety yellow to match my truck, Really the biggest reason I had it on my truck because it looked awsome, It looked really good on my truck, I use to get compliments on it all the time, so now I just stretch out the 32' a few feet to achieve the same visual effect lol.



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Roof Cleaning Lanoka Harbor NJ 609-971-6553 wrote:
Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:
Roof Cleaning Lanoka Harbor NJ 609-971-6553 wrote:
Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:

I used to move a wooden 40 foot around myself in my younger days ,but them days are LONG gone!


 Eric I hear you, I had a 40' aluminum of my truck for the longest, It was hard to man handle by my self, I recently replaced it with a 32' It is much easier to manage. I liked rigidness of the 40, but to heavy.


 Way to heavy for the older boys,LOL.


 Eric I took my 40' ladder and spray painted it safety yellow to match my truck, Really the biggest reason I had it on my truck because it looked awsome, It looked really good on my truck, I use to get compliments on it all the time, so now I just stretch out the 32' a few feet to achieve the same visual effect lol.


 Its all about the visual!!!!



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Two guys place and remove the ladder....no problems. One guy in front and one in back working together lowering it. The guy in front keeps his foot on both sides { at bottom } to avoid kick out, repeat to remove it from house.

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Two guys place and remove the ladder....no problems. One guy in front and one in back working together lowering it. The guy in front keeps his foot on both sides { at bottom } to avoid kick out, repeat to remove it from house.


 sounds like you set up and take down ladders like we do. always a 2 man job, almost always.

 We keep on the truck a 40, 28, and 2 22's and the second from biggest litle giant. in the shed we got a 32 the Biggest little giant, with wheels, and a light weight 8 ft a frame. The 28 is a werner, and latest addition, love it!

 For set up and take down there is only 1 way, my way! lol!!! It's always worked!



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Two guys place and remove the ladder....no problems. One guy in front and one in back working together lowering it. The guy in front keeps his foot on both sides { at bottom } to avoid kick out, repeat to remove it from house.


 My guys also use this method it works, I think they just needed to get adjusted to the 32 fiberglass, much more cumbersome than the 24 Al. 



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Dan, I think your website is down.


 May have been doing some work on it, but I clicked my link it worked fine.



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Two guys place and remove the ladder....no problems. One guy in front and one in back working together lowering it. The guy in front keeps his foot on both sides { at bottom } to avoid kick out, repeat to remove it from house.


 I'm Confused!confuse



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Dan, your guys need to hit the gym. Maybe they have the ladder too far back from the house to start with, to a point where they can't control it as they are positioning it toward the roof edge. I agree with Tom from Ace, a rope is just going to get in the way and most likely cause an accident.



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Sorry Art I tryed to explain the best I could.

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