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I borrowed this picture from a Website https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/for ... post162197 I thought it was an interesting adaptation of a Model T truck. I can't tell where this was taken. I wonder how many of today's safety rules they are violating?

Whole Bunches...

In the Caltrans Oakland district office I saw a photo of a TT with a flatbed and a similar "ladder" arrangement with someone changing overhead lights on a bridge (maybe the old Dumbarton?) in a similar manner... I tried to get a copy of it when I worked here but no one knew where the negatives were any more... This rig on the van body looks a lot more stable than the one on the flatbed, but either one were about the same... Other than being on springs, giving the whole thing a bit of sway (about 4x the movement of when you step on a running board!!), it wouldn't be that bad at all...

Having worked on bridges for a couple decades, that platform actually looks pretty safe compared to some of the work locations we got to "hang out" on (we had pre-OSHA ladders on a lot of bridges that had exemptions in place so we could use them - back when they would do that) - knowing how heavy some of those antique glass globes were, I wouldn't want to be standing under it if he lost his grip on it...

I wonder how many of today's safety rules they are violating?

I wonder how many accidents and injuries they had doing it?

Are you saying the Model T/ladder combo would not be OSHA approved?!

Darin

But it looks safe to me...

I've heard people say that when something is definitely not safe.., and compared to some of those this is bulletproof safe as crossing the plate 2 seconds before the ball gets there...

If you climb that rigging day in and day out I'm sure you'd think it was fine... at least until someone ran into it.