Need Ladder Info

[JoeRaisin]

Looking for a ladder I was told about. It is a step ladder in which
there is an extension up through the middle. So I guess at it's full
extension it would look like a piece sign (???).

Sounds scary as hell, but may be the a real time saver on an upcoming
job. Looking for pictures of one to see what the hell I'd be dealing
with. If it looks TOO stupid I'll pass.

I tried googling "extension step ladder" and various other sequences of
those words but nothing that looks like what was described to me.

Hope someone can help.

 

[JoeRaisin]

Looking for a ladder I was told about. It is a step ladder in which
there is an extension up through the middle. So I guess at it's full
extension it would look like a piece sign (???).

Sounds scary as hell, but may be the a real time saver on an upcoming
job. Looking for pictures of one to see what the hell I'd be dealing
with. If it looks TOO stupid I'll pass.

I tried googling "extension step ladder" and various other sequences of
those words but nothing that looks like what was described to me.

Hope someone can help.

Never mind - it's a "trestle ladder" and just looking at a picture of it
gives a pucker factor of 15 out of 10.

People climb these things?

 

[JoeRaisin]

And they are heavy as hell....

Yeah, looked 'em up on the werner site.

The 10' step with a 15' extension height (which is what we would need
for the job in mind) weighs 95 lbs and runs btwn 700 & 800 bucks or more
depending on where you buy it.

It's a commercial fire job, have to get to red iron 4-5 ft above drop
ceiling. Ceiling height just over 10 ft. One of those deals where ya
have to use an 8' or 10' ladder to remove the tile, then stick the 12'
up through to fit the beam clamp & bridle ring. (Though we are starting
to lean towards J-hooks on 2' threaded rod - One team can run through
setting supports and everyone else can pull the NAC wires off of just a
10 footer)

The two ladder deal is a real PITA when ya gotta pull every third tile
or so to make the support requirement.

Looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 horn/strobes, mostly
ceiling mounted. Huge national chain department store - the same one I
was talking about where that telephone punk tried to torpedo me.

BTW, Ever use the hammer-on beam clamps? They look pretty secure and it
seems it would be a major time saver.