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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:05 pm
by dig dug dan
Whilst driving down the m1, I saw a van towing a small trailer and scaffold tower built onto it. It was called monkey tower. Been on the website, looks a great piece of kit. Wheel it to where you want it, and wind a handle to get it the height you want, the climb the built in ladder.
It even goes through a gateway.
Has anyone had any experiences of one?
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:21 pm
by Carberry
Not seen one or used one but I can see from their website that they pay attention to detail
Fits Through A Single Door
With Monkey Tower's height of 1.9m and width of 1.13 m it easily fits through a double door
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:25 pm
by dig dug dan
i read it will retract further and fit through 720mm
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:21 pm
by lutonlagerlout
looks like its based on the genie lifts
great idea for certain applications
I had to change 1 chimney pot yesterday for a client
said chimney was 9m tall adjacent to a hip so nowhere for a ladder,so had to have scaffold put up at a cost of £350 +vat to the client
we looked at cherry pickers but they needed 12 feet to go that high
looks ideal for guttering and soffit work
LLL
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:06 pm
by dig dug dan
we looked at cherry pickers but they needed 12 feet to go that high
how do you mean?
I sometimes hire a narrow access cherry picker on tracks, will lift to 12.5m.
£150 for the day
cabstar mounted ones, £120 for the day
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:08 pm
by rab1
we've tried them and they are a complete nightmare to use but in fairness we install m&e services so are up and down constantly.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:12 pm
by lutonlagerlout
if you have a link dan that would be handy
the people i rang,said that the cherry picker we needed had to have stabilizer legs out,and needed 12 feet width on the drive
the scaffold was in an alley way 6 feet wide
just the position of the stack made anything but scaffold really awkward
cheers LLL 