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
WOW! No wheel chocks either
Mike Hageli
Elmhurst IL
OSHA was off work that day!! Or may be this is one of the reasons we have OSHA today.
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.
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
There isn't enough money on the planet to get me up on a ladder like that.
This ladder looks safer?
I wonder what that Ford sign would sell for today?
Here how we do it today, my how times have changed in 100 years!!
Thought of this and finally found it. Not much altitude though.
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
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.
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
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.
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
Dennis, it's bolted down.
Garnet
I bet he would appreciate outriggers.
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
Here's a couple more electrical industry workmates in New Zealand on the job and one getting up to mischief in the 20's....
Sorry about the copy quality.
Regards,
Bede
Gene in Virginia Beach
With all the clothes it musta been kinda cool. Bet they didn't do it again. Once in a Blue Moon?