Tiny boom lift that can fit thru a double door? Or just use old school scaffolding??

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milemaker13

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Hey Gang-
Not sure if this is the correct forum, but it didn't fit anyplace else so...

First, does anyone know of a tiny little outrigger based boom lift that could fit thru standard double doors and not crush the tile floor?

I have to change light fixtures in a 21' atrium. Only way in is double doors and it has a standard tile floor. I was around when it was installed and I'm certain it doesn't have any special weight bearing charictoristics (sp?). I could of course lay ply wood down...


So, the other option I have been researching is scaffolding. I don't have any experiance with real scaffolding, only short stuff like painting scaffolds.

My biggest question is how to assemble a tower that is 3 frames high. Is that difficult? :cry:
 
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milemaker13 said:
Hey Gang-
Not sure if this is the correct forum, but it didn't fit anyplace else so...

First, does anyone know of a tiny little outrigger based boom lift that could fit thru standard double doors and not crush the tile floor?

I have to change light fixtures in a 21' atrium. Only way in is double doors and it has a standard tile floor. I was around when it was installed and I'm certain it doesn't have any special weight bearing charictoristics (sp?). I could of course lay ply wood down...


So, the other option I have been researching is scaffolding. I don't have any experiance with real scaffolding, only short stuff like painting scaffolds.

My biggest question is how to assemble a tower that is 3 frames high. Is that difficult? :cry:
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little giant makes an A frame ladder that will go that tall,
but takes three men and a small boy to stand it.

you really won't want to climb up on it either. i climbed one. once.

scissor lift, and plywood is what i'd use. then you can do this without
becoming a OSHA statistic. i'd also bevel the first piece of plywood so you can get up on it easily with the lift.
 
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milemaker13 said:
Hey Gang-
Not sure if this is the correct forum, but it didn't fit anyplace else so...

First, does anyone know of a tiny little outrigger based boom lift that could fit thru standard double doors and not crush the tile floor?

I have to change light fixtures in a 21' atrium. Only way in is double doors and it has a standard tile floor. I was around when it was installed and I'm certain it doesn't have any special weight bearing charictoristics (sp?). I could of course lay ply wood down...


So, the other option I have been researching is scaffolding. I don't have any experiance with real scaffolding, only short stuff like painting scaffolds.

My biggest question is how to assemble a tower that is 3 frames high. Is that difficult? :cry:
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What you need is a Handy Herman


They are great. The outriggers fold in and I think you can get it through a standard size single door.
 
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milemaker13

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OK, left out a critical piece of info, sorry-

I need to be able to reach over a stair case and landing on one side, and a brick planter box on the other. We have used the little stright up one man lift that can be rolled thru a standard door. It worked great for the lights in the center of the room. But it can't get near these others, and I actually need to rewire the fixtures, so a long stick used for bulb changes is out.

What would a lighting company use if we called a commercial outfit? (I am maintenance staff at this location)
 
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+1 on the pucker factor in the little one man lift. It did sway quite a bit! But I'd do it again if it would reach over like ten feet... didn't even dare to reach my arm out much in that one!
 
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We have used a small towable. Take the measurements of doors etc, but the one we used was good to 45' platform height. We had to remove a couple doors and move chairs to get the corners navigated, but it worked well. We could boom out to above the raised Altar and did not have to remove the Pews.
 
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I am looking at towables. I wonder what the smallest, lightest one made is? I only need a platform height of about 17', and a reach over of maybe ten feet.

I'm reading that they are in the neighborhood of 3000 lbs, much lighter than the 10,000 lb boom we have in the plant.
 
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