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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jason Given - St. Paul, MN on Friday, April 20, 2012 - 08:28 pm:

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Friday, April 20, 2012 - 09:02 pm:

Looks scary to me! I hope that ladder is well fastened to the truck. Imagine what would happen if he should get a shock!
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michael Hageli on Friday, April 20, 2012 - 09:49 pm:

WOW! No wheel chocks either
Mike Hageli
Elmhurst IL


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Friday, April 20, 2012 - 09:55 pm:

OSHA was off work that day!! Or may be this is one of the reasons we have OSHA today.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By J Berch on Friday, April 20, 2012 - 11:03 pm:

That would make me cuss if I had to pull ahead another 6 inches after I'd climbed up there. I'll bet that fellow had it figured out pretty close as to where to park his truck. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 03:56 am:

I have been on ladders on the back of trucks. NO FUN!
He is in much more danger from a fall than a shock. As long as he does not touch BOTH bare wires (or put his fingers inside the socket) he cannot get a shock. There is way too much non-conductive material between him and the ground. A rainy day could be different.
I change 110 electrical outlets and switches hot. I would climb that ladder today if it were here, and level. OSHA doesn't like me.
Jason, Great photo! Thank you for sharing.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Halpin on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 04:41 pm:

There isn't enough money on the planet to get me up on a ladder like that.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 05:47 pm:

This ladder looks safer?



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Randy Driscoll on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 08:42 pm:

I wonder what that Ford sign would sell for today?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike D, Williamsburg VA on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 08:47 pm:

Here how we do it today, my how times have changed in 100 years!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 08:55 pm:

Thought of this and finally found it. Not much altitude though.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 10:27 pm:

I betcha one set of those legs were hinged to the roof of that truck. It would have been done so the operator could fold the ladder down flat and be able to drive through town.

Herb


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andrew Heffey on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 04:28 am:

If you look closely the legs at the rear are hinged to the roof. the front legs fold back so the ladder can lay on the truck roof hanging over the front. It looks like a solid set up to me, unless of course the truck was moving.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 04:53 am:

Dennis Halpin, you wouldn't climb a ladder like that, but you flew in C130's in Viet Nam? I would think it would be the other way around<g>. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 06:16 am:

I know how much my T leans to the side when I step on the running board. I can only imagine how much that is amplified at the top of that ladder.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 07:14 am:

Had my T era 2 story house tented for termites last year. When they were removing the tarps, they had a 16' metal ladder against the house, right next to the 240 vac power feed. I blew up at them.

Next thing I saw was another guy on the slope of the second story tile roof with no safety harness. That outfit is not coming back, even in the warranty period. I guess they think Latinos are expendable, especially illegals, which these guys could have been.

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Garnet on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 07:43 am:

Dennis, it's bolted down.

Garnet


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 08:14 am:

I bet he would appreciate outriggers.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:36 pm:

My dad's old '68 C###y 3/4 ton pickup has just about the softest suspension on a pickup I have ever seen. It doesn't help any that there haven't been shock absorbers on it in decades (a story I won't go into here). I have stood on the top of a six foot step ladder in the back of that truck. It moves around quite a bit. My old '65 ford 3/4 ton was much more stiff. Been to the top of a 16 foot extension ladder on it. A T would move around a lot! I would hold close and move slowly.
Ralph, I have been on many hundreds of roofs. The only times I used a safety harness on a building roof was on steep pitch Victorians. I usually used a safety belt or harness on tower work. Like I said I don't think OSHA liked me.
I still have my belt. Maybe someday I'll have a reason to use it again. Maybe trimming my 40 foot oak trees.
The more I look at that photo, the more I wish I could have that truck. It would be fun!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bede Cordes, New Zealand on Monday, April 23, 2012 - 04:35 am:

Here's a couple more electrical industry workmates in New Zealand on the job and one getting up to mischief in the 20's....

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Sorry about the copy quality.

Regards,

Bede


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eugene Adams on Sunday, June 03, 2012 - 05:24 pm:

lineman
Gene in Virginia Beach


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Monday, June 04, 2012 - 05:28 pm:

With all the clothes it musta been kinda cool. Bet they didn't do it again. Once in a Blue Moon?


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