85 foot elevated platform pics

[nybirdman]

I spent many hours on construction running JLG's ,mostly sixty footers.Quite a time saving machine.When I started as an apprentice it was all climbing,wooden planks and NO safety harness.

 

[CHDinCT]

85' is more than I could stomach I think. Neighbor and I rented this 45 footer a few years back to paint parts of our houses. Felt like I was a mile high when up in it, but it did make for easy painting. Was able to get up and over that dogwood tree in the pic's. That part of the house is coming due for a repaint next year and I'm not sure how I'll get up there again. Rented scaffolding one year and one other time I built a sled for the garage roof from which I could move a flat platform up and down the roof, but that was a lot of work.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

We maxed out this 33 foot Nifty-Lift. Nqturally the wind picked up as soon as the job started...

What's up with the old police light on the golf cart???

 

[caver]

Not trying to be a topper but we have a Genie 105 at work that I've had all the way up.

 

[North West Farmer]

For many years I was the company officer on a 100ft ladder truck and for awhile we ran a 125ft articulated boom elevated platform equipped with two 1000 gpm master stream appliances and we also had a new Mac Aerialscope, 75ft boom for a time. Have been retired for over ten years now and when I was last working on those units I was in my 40's. At 69 working at those heights and climbing the ladders doesn't seem so great.

Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures readily available of my old ladder company in action. Will need to see if I can come up with some pictures, like they say, if you don't have pictures it never happened. Hope to come up with something. Pictures didn't seem important at the time, it was just a job. It would have been nice to think of that while in the Fire Service.

In looking back at those years, we trained on the equipment and utilized it on emergencies on a routine basis. Ladder companies are the folks that gain access to the high places their equipment can reach. If heights were a problem for you it was not good to be assigned to a ladder unit.

Have many good memories of those times and some that were not so good, way more good than bad.

Nick, North West Farmer

 

[slowzuki]

I remember running an 85 ft'er maxed in an aircraft hanger doing some testing. It was fine near the ground or near the ceiling, just weird half way up. On the other side of height, we ran some 35 or 40 fter's in a department store with only 10 ft ceilings so we could swing way out from the aisles without moving all the clothes. What a pain.

 

[grizzlydave]

You havn't lived until you've maxed out a 135/65 , 135' boom with a 65' quike stick . It's the wierdest feeling i've ever had . We use them alot at power plants and factories

 

[CompactTractorFan]

For many years I was the company officer on a 100ft ladder truck and for awhile we ran a 125ft articulated boom elevated platform equipped with two 1000 gpm master stream appliances and we also had a new Mac Aerialscope, 75ft boom for a time. Have been retired for over ten years now and when I was last working on those units I was in my 40's. At 69 working at those heights and climbing the ladders doesn't seem so great.

Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures readily available of my old ladder company in action. Will need to see if I can come up with some pictures, like they say, if you don't have pictures it never happened. Hope to come up with something. Pictures didn't seem important at the time, it was just a job. It would have been nice to think of that while in the Fire Service.

In looking back at those years, we trained on the equipment and utilized it on emergencies on a routine basis. Ladder companies are the folks that gain access to the high places their equipment can reach. If heights were a problem for you it was not good to be assigned to a ladder unit.

Have many good memories of those times and some that were not so good, way more good than bad.

Nick, North West Farmer

That would be great if you can find some pics. I'm a FF right now and we operate a 75' stick and a 100' tower ladder. Haven't climbed either at full extension yet...

 

[hosspuller]

85' is more than I could stomach I think. Neighbor and I rented this 45 footer a few years back to paint parts of our houses. Felt like I was a mile high when up in it, but it did make for easy painting. Was able to get up and over that dogwood tree in the pic's. That part of the house is coming due for a repaint next year and I'm not sure how I'll get up there again. Rented scaffolding one year and one other time I built a sled for the garage roof from which I could move a flat platform up and down the roof, but that was a lot of work.

I noticed you're not wearing a harness. Those long arms can fling a person like a pea in a spoon. One bump or dip .... Splat !

 

[kevinwak]

We use a 30 ton crane with jib boom to access the evaporator tower tops at work. 109' up. It is an interesting feeling to climb over the railing of the man basket at that height and onto the platform.