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   seeyou | May 14, 2009 12:18pm | #1

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   IMERC | May 14, 2009 02:23pm | #2

   we'd like to add to the tower over time and invest in equipment that is fairly standard (won't go away in a year or two).

   look into WACO

   http://www.wacoscaf.com/scaffolding.asp

   or Bil-Jax....

   http://www.biljax.com/

    

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

   WOW!!! What a Ride!

   
   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    

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3. 
   fingers | May 20, 2009 02:32am | #3

   I've made several purchases of scaffolding over this past year because of a large job on a three story mansard Victorian. After looking at most of the major brands, looking on eBay, and Craig's list, I ended up buying from Scaffoldmart.com. If you look at their Website and really pay attention to the parts you'll need, I think the price you'll pay is well worth the increase in safety and productivity you'll get.

   Use the proper bases, grouser bars, standoffs, walkboards, swivel connectors etc. and you'll like it. The guy that I talked to there was named Jerry. If I remember correctly, you get the most bang for the buck with the 6'6" tall walk thru package. The downside of those is that you can only place your walkboards every 6'6". The 5' ladder frames give you more height options for your walkboards

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   Snort | May 20, 2009 05:47am | #4

   You may want to check out your rental place for scaffold sales. An ad on Craig's List may motivate some out of the back of someone's garage, too.http://www.tvwsolar.com

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4. 
   Dinosaur | May 26, 2009 01:09am | #5

   I'm not familiar with that type of scaffolding at all; here the standard is 60"x60" ladder-frames with either 7' or 10' cross-braces. There are half-height frames that work with this system so you can 'step' up or down sloped ground.

   Typical price for a 'section' (one pair of frames and one pair of braces) is about $150 right now. Wheels are $50 a pop; so are 24"  screw-jack feet. Platforms cost three or four times what certified planks cost but are a lot more solid to work on (however, they are also a major bear to shift single-handed).

   Dinosaur

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5. 
   Davo304 | May 27, 2009 08:01am | #6

   As was earlier mentioned, check out Waco and/or Biljax. Both companies make an excellent product.

   As an industrial mill carpenter for 14 years, I frequently (almost daily) was called  upon to erect pipe scaffolding .  Our standard fare was the Waco Red Box Frame scaffolding which was 5ft wide X 4ft-7 high. The cross braces fit very easily over the gravity speed locks. All you needed was a hammer to hit the locking bar up so to slip the cross brace onto the pin, then bang the locking bar back down into place; preventing the brace from coming off. 

    Biljax scaffolding had wing nuts that you had to thread on and off when installing the cross braces...neeedless to say the wing nuts would eventually get lost, or  become badly rusted and be hard to crank. The Biljax were also the box frame style variety, having the same dimensions as the Waco. Both scaffolds worked well. 

   We always used OSHA approved, laminated scaffold plank . They were essentially LVL's, approx 12" wide X 1-1/2' thick X 16 foot long. Teclam and Microlam were 2 brand names that come to mind. They cost roughly $70 per plank. We cut these plank into 8 ft lengths and nailed 2X4 cleats on underneath at both ends. These plank were very, very strong and stable.  On long runs of scaffold, you would not need to cut the plank, but simply run them 16ft and overlap where necessary.

   I never liked aluminum "walk boards" because the wood tops were usually only 3/8 ply and me weighing over 200 lbs, I felt way more comfortable walking on the microlams.

   Box frames are easy to install with 2 people.

   Whatever you buy, check and see what will be required for safety railings and such. Sometimes you can get away with installing an extra set of scaffolding above your work height  to act as your safety railings. Other times, you can nail 2X4s to the platform plank to act as a toe-board, plus attach 2X4 posts to the scaffold framing using muffler clamps, and then attach a 2X4 safety mid- rail  and top rail to the 2X4 posts.   Another safety rail method using box frames, is to work off a lower level rung and run a plank across the upper level rung to act as both a work table and as a safety fence.

    Other localities may dictate that you must install safety railings using the manufacturer's designed railing system ..this stuff costs, so check and see if your governing locality requires and/or enforces the use of such safety equipment. If they do then make plans to purchase, if not still make plans to have some sort of safety railing system in place...even if home-made...you definately want to prevent workers from serious falls.

    

   Davo

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   CBTCarpenter | May 27, 2009 05:25pm | #7

   Thanks very much for your reply - great advise!

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   frenchy | May 27, 2009 06:07pm | #8

   Pease use common scaffolding so you stand a good chance of resale.

     Waco is the standard or if you like lighter indoor stuff Biljack makes decent scaffolding..

    I got my scaffolding free because a mason was sick and tired of having odd stuff.. He just left it in a park over the winter. 

    

   It's fine for me but I'd have the devils time finding more frames

     Old scaffolding is fine stuff.. the planks  may need replacement if it's really old  (note scaffold planks are not simply 2x boards, rather they are special sized for strength and safety..) 

    Buy used scaffolding from a place that rents a lot of it.. use it as long as you want and then  when it's in your way simply sell it.   You won't lose much if anything..

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   davidmeiland | May 27, 2009 07:21pm | #9

   Depending on your location you might check out Falcon Scaffolding. I have a pile of it. Ships out of lower BC so it's affordable for me. Most of what I have is 5x5 ladder frames, a handful of 6-4 x 5 walk thru frames, 7' planks.