Climbing out of the bucket

[John Paul Sanborn]

I've got one foot on the ground here

 

[oldirty]

haha. man i know exactly how you feel. how do you like the feeling when your leaing way out on a cut? lol

thats a great pic!




oldirty

 

[John464]

You need a custom made bucket. Not safe. Bucket should go up past hips.

 

[Grace Tree]

Well you're too tall for this type of work so you may as well quit right now. Maybe you could head up north for the green bean harvest.
Phil

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Time to kneel!!!

 

[Bermie]

Ha, I need cement blocks in the bottom to get high enough, least I won't fall out leaning!
Is your height ANSI rated for bucket work !!

 

[tree md]

LOL, JPS you look like Paul Bunyan dude!

Good to see ya hanging in there buddy.

 

[fireman]

jps

Hey john i think i will bring my 100 ft ladder on ur next job u wont have a foot on the ground ask woodchk he seen it. if u need it its a 100ft aerial ladder with foot holds and calf rests.or we can repel down and cut i will try to get some pics up so u can see it they dont call me the fireman for nothing.all these guys spending 2 hundred grand to get up 80 ft i spent $7000 ladder goes 100ft ladder is :greenchainsaw: certified and u can climb up and down.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

That's not mine. I have 2 clients with buckets and one of those has the 100ft Spiderlift too.

My bucket work is occasional, only a few times a month.

 

[(WLL)]

looks good from my house

get up in it, get out on it ,dont be skeeert, and keep that safety gear on.
ill even stand on the rim or climb out if i cant quiet reach. safety first keep a strap on it

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

ill even stand on the rim or climb out if i cant quiet reach. safety first keep a strap on it

I climb out regularly, but working off the rim of the bucket does not sound like safe SOP. Now your safety is now by your feet and your "class of fall" is elevated.

My way of thinking is that thing can happen unexpectedly. If I am working on a limb, I want the 3 points of contact, just in case. If on the lip of the bucket all there is are my feet.

(I also have the added disadvantage of being top heavy from wide shoulders and a big head.)

Once again the job is high risk, why elevate that risk even higher. Now if you keep a climbline handy and are setting it with a polesaw before stepping up on the lip, then I take all that rant back.

 

[(WLL)]

thanx jps

I climb out regularly, but working off the rim of the bucket does not sound like safe SOP. Now your safety is now by your feet and your "class of fall" is elevated.

My way of thinking is that thing can happen unexpectedly. If I am working on a limb, I want the 3 points of contact, just in case. If on the lip of the bucket all there is are my feet.

(I also have the added disadvantage of being top heavy from wide shoulders and a big head.)

Once again the job is high risk, why elevate that risk even higher. Now if you keep a climbline handy and are setting it with a polesaw before stepping up on the lip, then I take all that rant back.

your 100% right. this is added extra and unnecessarily dangerous. very poor practice and bad example for others. i say all to often do as i say and not what i do. shame on me. WLL has lots to learn and i thank A/S and all members for all the help. A/S is my most useful tool box. thank u all

 

[beowulf343]

I've got one foot on the ground here

Lol-great pic jps! That's one reason i do as little bucket work as i can get away with.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

shame on me.

Yes sir! This is what you go to work for, not getting a given job done a few minuets sooner.

Work safe so he can work with you when your older and so much wiser.