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Went to Creation last night.....
TwoBobRob:
I guarantee that the hire costs of a suitable picker would be less than the wood cost of any single ramp. I just hired one for a job that reached 10m in height (which is one tiny cherrypicker) for £185 per week. Whats that at todays prices? 8-10 sheets of ply if you're lucky?
As for reach, a single 'spider' picker will reach anything. The cost is hundreds. not thousands.
It's a piss poor excuse if you ask me. Especially with winter not so far away, they'll be expecting good gates due to the new woodwork - why let the place down with bad lighting?
Philbert:
what would a cherrypicker like that weigh?
egg:
why hire a cherrypicker? there were ropes hanging from the rafters last time i was there so i'm sure the climbing boys next door have been up.send them up again :daumenhoch:
jedi:
--- Quote from: egg on July 25, 2008, 08:15 PM ---why hire a cherrypicker? there were ropes hanging from the rafters last time i was there so i'm sure the climbing boys next door have been up.send them up again :daumenhoch:
--- End quote ---
fooking idea!! :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
TwoBobRob:
Rope Access Technicians.
Or RATS, as we call em in the trade. Could be done for favours I suppose, there must be loads next door - as long as they're sparkies by trade.
Phil, cherrypickers are heavy things as it happens. But an 18mm ply runway say 2 layers thick laid on top of the vert flat bottom will spread the load sufficiently if the ramps been built properly.... that little baby 10m one I used weighed 2850kg. The larger building site models can go up to 16000kg :shocked: That ramp would be the only bugbear though, as the picker is almost certain to reach over everything else in the place.
Spider lifts are significantly lighter, more commonly used in finished buildings with delicate stone tile floors and such like, but they are dearer to hire.
Now is the perfect time to do it while they're ripping out. I'm sure there's more floor space available at the moment than anytime else. ;)
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