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Offline Base Painters

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tower painting
« on: December 19, 2006, 05:58:03 PM »
any tower painters here in the forums?

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Re: tower painting
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2006, 04:17:37 PM »
I don't like High, I worked oil rig derricks when I was younger and was skeered everyday, most derricks I worked on were around 60 feet thats way to high:P

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Re: tower painting
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2006, 11:57:17 PM »
They say that after you get past the third story the end result of a fall is pretty much predetermined..  :-\  SteepleJacks are a rare breed, Tip of the hat to ya and May your feet be sure and your lanyards stay tight..  8)
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Re: tower painting
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2006, 03:04:54 PM »
I rode a few wall-climbers in my day, one on a 140 ft. radio tower...30 mph straight winds left me with one arm to work with (wall-climbers aren't attached to anything but a quarter-inch steel cable)...I don't mind heights, but unstable footing, whether it's a foot or a hundred feet up, renders me helpless...Ask me some day about the 32' swayback extension ladder I used to own...

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Re: tower painting
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2006, 04:28:54 PM »
I add $500 to any exterior estimate where i think I may need to take the 40' ladder off my van.  Any inside that requires an extension ladder gets the same treatment. Ramblers rule! ;D
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