23.05.2011

The Double ladder trick

Among a series of photos sent to us entitled ‘Red Neck engineering at its best’ was a photo of two ladders and a front-end loader being used as a make-shift form of access equipment.

The front end loader bucket was equipped with a pair of flip down forks or a frame of some sort which was in the stowed – not-in-use position. A two section ladder was placed in the elevated bucket and leant-up against a pole. A second ladder coming from the opposite direction rested against the forks and was clamped to the ‘upper ladder’ in order to prevent it from slipping sideways around the pole.
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How's this for a 'bodged' work at height solution?

While totally ridiculous and unsafe, it also tied up a considerable sum of equipment when a modest trailer lift would have ‘eaten the job’ safely and efficiently. Although this looks like a farm job, where ‘making-do’ with working at height equipment is commonplace.

Most definitely a Death Wish.