Next time, I'll just bring the 24 footer ......

[cduphily]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

Never thought I'd see anyone crazier than myself with ladders!!! But you are it!! Looks not too bad though. After having a Jaws 22' for 23 years just bought the 26 footer......very happy to have the extra 4'.

Just did an inspection with a newbie realtor who'd been through about 15 inspections in his first year........He said not one other inspector went up on the roof!!!!!! What the hell are they inspecting?????

He said he was sh-tting bricks while I was on the roof.....a 8-9/12 slope. Other inspectors claimed to him it was very dangerous to go on roofs!!! So he figured I was a bit crazy but was very worried I'd fall on his watch!!!!

Your a better man than I, 4 knee surgeries in 3 years on top of being 1/4 Polish keeps me at the eaves of most homes over 6:12
walking/crawling an attic is something I do every inspection.

[gporter]

Originally Posted by relliott

With 164,000 injuries a year in the USA alone, this is a serious subject.

I recommend everyone watch this video.ladder safety.

Yes please.

[Jeff Merritt]

I had a 32' blow off a building in November and knock me to the ground took must of it in may shoulder and a 3" gash in my head. never saw it coming, but i heard it coming done the side of the building. the roofing contractor had just stated its windy i better get a rope to tie off the ladder. too late. it took 3- months for me to get back into shape.

[Harry E. McClard]

I always have a 28' fiberglass one on top of my van, works most of the time, a little heavy to lug around though. I don't walk anything over 8 pitch any more without some sort of safety gear; fractured L2 vertebra a long time ago, no spinal cord damage but it really hurt; real bummer learning I wasn't bulletproof.

[hlowe]

Hey J.!

Your own safety should always be your first concern! It only takes a second, and one mistake in judgement, to drastically change the entire course of your life.