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Posted by on September 8, 2009, 12:03 am
I cant move heavy weights around well do to back injury
Yet I need some scaffolding for around house
Anyone own aluminum scaffolding and can tell me how
they like it?
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Posted by benick on September 8, 2009, 12:35 am
>I cant move heavy weights around well do to back injury
> Yet I need some scaffolding for around house
> Anyone own aluminum scaffolding and can tell me how
> they like it?
I've seen the aluminum pump jack systems and they are pretty good...All the
contractors around here use them....Never seen aluminum pipe staging
..HTH....
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Posted by ransley on September 8, 2009, 7:53 am
On Sep 7, 11:03=A0pm, m...@privacy.net wrote:
> I cant move heavy weights around well do to back injury
> Yet I need some scaffolding for around house
> Anyone own aluminum scaffolding and can tell me how
> they like it?
Most any scaffolding to me means heavy metal being put in place by
major effort that would ruin a back far easier than moving a ladder.
Moving scaffolding in place is probably just the type of bending and
stress that will pop a disk open. If your back is that bad you
shouldnt even be doing ladder work with heavy things in your hands.
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Posted by Lefty on September 8, 2009, 8:45 am
I've used aluminum scaffolds. Problem is, they are not really as light as
you would think. Obviously there are other advantages, such as no rust.
The disavantages are they are oddballs, and they are still bulky (big tubes
for strength, big fittings, etc.)
Steel scaffold knocks down for ease of set-up and transport. But either
type will still fry an already bad back, IMO. If you ask me, OSHA rated
planks are the same scenario.
HTH, Lefty
>I cant move heavy weights around well do to back injury
> Yet I need some scaffolding for around house
> Anyone own aluminum scaffolding and can tell me how
> they like it?
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Posted by Pete C. on September 8, 2009, 9:36 am
Lefty wrote:
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> I've used aluminum scaffolds. Problem is, they are not really as light as
> you would think. Obviously there are other advantages, such as no rust.
> The disavantages are they are oddballs, and they are still bulky (big tubes
> for strength, big fittings, etc.)
Yes, all the AL scaffolds I've worked with have been bulky and annoying.
>
> Steel scaffold knocks down for ease of set-up and transport. But either
> type will still fry an already bad back, IMO. If you ask me, OSHA rated
> planks are the same scenario.
The Werner 4'w x 6'h light duty frame scaffolding isn't terribly heavy,
perhaps 30# for an end frame. I own some of this for use around the
house, along with the 7' Alumaplanks. If you don't need to setup more
than one level high there isn't much of any heavy lifting involved. Of
course if you only need one level, you may be better off with a
stepladder.
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> Yet I need some scaffolding for around house
> Anyone own aluminum scaffolding and can tell me how
> they like it?