[TheList] Fire service extension ladders?

Wed Apr 28 10:12:00 AEST 2010

Also, aluminium ladders, if they are going to bust, they will just go 
*bang* and its all over. With a wooden ladder, it will groan and moan a 
fair bit before it dies. Also, with wooden ladders, if they get a ding, 
or a split near the edge, they can be sanded out and are fine again. 
Little hard to do this with a metal ladder :)

Cheers
Mike

Neill Ellis wrote:
> Hmm, I have memories of a 9m 3 section aluminium ladder on the Summit 
> of Mt Maunganui to access the aviation lights, surf club & coasthuard 
> repeaters. Not much fun if it was windy. I must admit I nearly lost it 
> on one occasion.
>
> With aluminium ladders you also have to be more cautious of the risk 
> of electrocution.
>
> Neill.
>
>
> Shaun Sayer wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike
>>
>> You’re pretty much right. Not meant to be used in windy situations 
>> and they flex quite a bit when you ascend. For someone like me that 
>> doesn’t like heights a hell of a lot it’s a bit scary at times! 
>> Hahaha… Good thing though is that they are a lot easier to put up due 
>> to the weight difference.
>>
>> Shaun
>>
>> *From:* thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz 
>> [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] *On Behalf Of *Mike Trump
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 27 April 2010 7:30 p.m.
>> *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>> *Subject:* [TheList] Fire service extension ladders?
>>
>> This may be a tad off-topic for this mailing list, but I do know that 
>> there are a few operational FF's amongst us.
>> My question is, I note that the Fire Service these days has moved 
>> away from the older type wooden extension ladders on appliances.
>> Now, I remember these ladders well when I was a FF, with them being 
>> heavy and awkward to move at the best of times.
>> >From the pictures I've seen of the newer aluminium ladders, they 
>> look rather flimsy, I could be wrong, has anyone had any experience 
>> with these ladders and what are your thoughts?
>> I've been out of the fire service for a while, so I never got the 
>> chance to have a go at using one of the newer types of ladders.
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mike Trump.
>>
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