Wooden ladder shop

[JasonW]

Saw this online today. Thought it was pretty unique. :)

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[Winchester]

Wow that's a lot of time to build one ladder :builder2:


Need a ladder? No Home Depot here, but your local ladder shop will knock something together in a jiffy.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5301425168_92fde0c1a8_b.jpg

[SLS-Construction]

Now that is cool

[afkama]

Wow, thanks for that Jason.
I was actually stopped at a light a few hours ago next to one of those firetrucks and noticed those ladders hanging off the side.

I was wondering what the story was.

[Winchester]

I wonder how a fibreglass ladder would stand up to the heat?

[ParamountPaint]

I've met electricians that were partial to wooden ladders, too. I've seen 40' wood ladders, but I'm not man enough to lift them up to give them a try:disappointed:. It takes everything I've got to get a 40' aluminum up, 'specially if it's windy.

Cool vid

[Bodger]

That's fantastic. I especially like how they let the doug fir stock acclimate for 15 years.

Old world craftsmanship with a modern practical application. Don't see that very often.

I hope tradition endures in San Francisco.

[afkama]

That's fantastic. I especially like how they let the doug fir stock acclimate for 15 years.

Old world craftsmanship with a modern practical application. Don't see that very often.

I hope tradition endures in San Francisco.

You don't let your material acclimate on site for 15 yrs before you install??

Hack.

Actually, I thought that was overkill. 15 yrs?

As much as I appreciate tradition and craftsmanship....
....two weeks for a crew to make a ladder?

At city worker wages with full bennies and 90% of salary pension.

It's this kind of stuff that got the last group of supervisors voted off the city council.

They were paying more attention to happy meals than they were trying to save the city money.

I find it hard to believe that the city can't find a cheaper alternative that would be just as effective. They must run better than $7000 ea.

I have no doubt that the city 'ladder shop' is a union shop.

[WarriorWithWood]

The video said they run $100 a foot at 2:27 sec.

[Winchester]

The video said they run $100 a foot at 2:27 sec.
So for a 50 footer, that's a nice $5k :mad2:

[Bodger]

You don't let your material acclimate on site for 15 yrs before you install??

Hack.

Actually, I thought that was overkill. 15 yrs?

As much as I appreciate tradition and craftsmanship....
....two weeks for a crew to make a ladder?

At city worker wages with full bennies and 90% of salary pension.

It's this kind of stuff that got the last group of supervisors voted off the city council.

They were paying more attention to happy meals than they were trying to save the city money.

I find it hard to believe that the city can't find a cheaper alternative that would be just as effective. They must run better than $7000 ea.

I have no doubt that the city 'ladder shop' is a union shop.


It's art.
How can you place economics above aesthetics, especially in such a cultured city?


Oh, I forgot, you pay taxes up there. :laugh3::laugh3:


Wanna bet there's a position in that union shop for a guy whose sole job is to sit and watch the doug fir acclimate? :grin:


Dang, 90% pension for life. I shoulda got on the government tit when I was young.

[afkama]

The video said they run $100 a foot at 2:27 sec.

They probably don't really know (or care) what it really costs.

I can tell you this - at the wages the city pays and the benefit package city workers get...two weeks to build a ladder is going to cost more than $100 per ft for sure.

The city just had to eliminate another 600 city workers to get it's budget to balance.

I can't believe that this couldn't have been outsourced at a savings.

[Winchester]

I can't believe that this couldn't have been outsourced at a savings.Of course it could. Didn't you see the second post? :laugh3:

Heck, I'll build them for $50 a foot and hand deliver them. :laugh3:

[WarriorWithWood]

Hell, I'll buy a 120 lb fiberglass one for $20 a foot all day over a 350 lb 50 footer.

[Bodger]

They probably don't really know (or care) what it really costs.

I can tell you this - at the wages the city pays and the benefit package city workers get...two weeks to build a ladder is going to cost more than $100 per ft for sure.

The city just had to eliminate another 600 city workers to get it's budget to balance.

I can't believe that this couldn't have been outsourced at a savings.


Outsourced to Chinatown. :grin: