Inspectorjoe Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 You know you're too fat when you exceed the weight limit of a covered bridge - and you're on foot. Click to Enlarge 83.69 KB "It was sagging before I walked across it ...... honest!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 I've always looked at various service companies that send out single employees to do work at myriads of homes and have wondered how anyone can make an OSHA argument for anything other than hearing and eye protection. Here are a few: Gutter service companies Roof cleaning companies Roof repair companies Satelite dish installers Chimneysweeps Chimney masons Electricians Plumbers Landscaping Alarm system installer Sprinkler system installer Insulation installer Drywaller (These guys stand on stilts fer crissake!) The list goes on and on. I can understand when you bring in a crew of guys and set up scaffolding that they have to stand on and such but I've never understood the argument that these trades, which need to be able to get in and out quickly unencumbered by time consuming paraphernalia that they're supposed to wear or be hooked up to, all need to have the same rules. If a guy can't climb a ladder without OSHA required safeguards why don't painters have the bottom of their ladders anchored in cement and every employee strapped to the ladder with a safety net spread out around the ladder? It's like those arrest gear anchors the roofers are forced to wear when climbing around up there on the roof. First, they have to constantly be aware of where the rope is so that they don't trip and fall off the roof and get to test the thing firsthand and then when they leave the roof they have to disconnect from the anchor and negotiate their way to the ladder without any gear. That doesn't make sense, if they learn to rely on the harness and gear instead of learning to walk the roof correctly, I think they are more likely to fall off the roof when trying to get back to and on to the ladder than if they'd been working without it. Oh, and how do the OSHA guys propose employees are supposed to get onto the roof without anything to anchor to the next time; because those anchors are supposed to be removed and aren't really meant to be left there forever - although they are most of the time. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 You know you're too fat when you exceed the weight limit of a covered bridge - and you're on foot. Click to Enlarge 83.69 KB "It was sagging before I walked across it ...... honest!" I drive through a covered bridge everyday - twice. The clearance is posted at 11' 6". Looks like you're 12'+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I've never been asked if I can fit in a crawlspace. The question I'm frequently asked is "You're not going in there are you?" I'm built like a ferret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I had a first this morning...Lady calls up to schedule a home w/ a crawl. Half way through our conversation, she says " I don't wanna sound rude, but can you fit into a crawl space opening?" I almost giggled... Anyone else had this question asked before? Sure. I tell them it's like putting a marshmallow into a piggy bank, you just have to be patient. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I know I am heaver than I need to be. I have lost some weight not as much as I wanted to. For crawlspaces if I can get my shoulders and chest through the opening the belly will go and there has to be room for me to turn around. In attic I will get on my hand and knees to go through them. Roof I walk what I think is safe for me. Some may be only at the valleys and ridge. By what I am reading Mike and some of you walk steeper roof than I do. If I don't walk it my ladder go to a lot of places around the edge. We all have our limits, mine is set by my person not my weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 Never been asked, but have found access openings I couldn't fit thru, leaving to look like Mike O's avatar. At 5'10", 165 I still qualify as little I guess. Forty minute yoga session every morning for longer than I can remember keeps me toned and flexible, but have never liked exercise for its own sake. Plenty of that comes with cutting & splitting firewood every year off my five acre woodlot. A cpl of years ago I moved 14 tons of #7 crushed granite with a shovel and a wheelbarrow to make a front walk at my house. Click to Enlarge 88.82 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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