epanzella Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Man, I hate wood siding. We had to remo some huge bay windows, frame in the space and install Anderson casements. Our usual m.o. is to use pumpjacks but some short lower roofs prevented us from getting in close so we rented a lull for the first time. It won't be the last time, what an awesome machine. Build a platform, stick it on the forks, and you've got a flying workshop. Did I mention I hate wood siding? Ed Panzella "BAITS MOTEL" - 2450 Maycraft Pilothouse Higganum, Ct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray gables Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 cool machines, worth every penny. I worked with a framer who had a case lull and made a box for it. The box was 25 long and 5 ft deep. Was awesome when it came to sheathing a roof, stack a lift of plywood in it and lift it and go to town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhjr Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 They do make manlifts for such things... Can't quite see the completed contraption but looks like OSHA would have their way with you. powerless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray gables Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 They do make manlifts for such things... Can't quite see the completed contraption but looks like OSHA would have their way with you. screw osha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epanzella Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by jrhjr They do make manlifts for such things... Can't quite see the completed contraption but looks like OSHA would have their way with you. You can't put a 9 foot window in a manlift. The platform on the forks IS the completed contraption. Ed Panzella "BAITS MOTEL" - 2450 Maycraft Pilothouse Higganum, Ct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosco Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 When I was a kid I operated one of these for a year. Shooting block, full mixed mudpans, up to brickies on scaffold. Decks of sheathing and shingles. Great backsaving machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I took out a ten foot wide block of stadium chairs by backing a Lull over them. Its not their primary function, but it was darned effective. “My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptyhook Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 A boom lift can be ordered with window brackets. Most likely same price or cheaper then the lull. Lull are great with the massive baskets you can use but are limited to their surroundings. I've done it but as employee I would never get on a platform like that. As far as OSHA goes be glad your residential, commercially you would be slapped with 45,000 worth the fines. I've never seen a home visit from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodpecker Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by emptyhook A boom lift can be ordered with window brackets. Most likely same price or cheaper then the lull. Lull are great with the massive baskets you can use but are limited to their surroundings. I've done it but as employee I would never get on a platform like that. As far as OSHA goes be glad your residential, commercially you would be slapped with 45,000 worth the fines. I've never seen a home visit from them. I have been on three or four large residential projects that were visited. One was after a roof fall, another after a persistently unfriendly neighbor complained, and I don't know the reasons for the others, but in all cases, fines were small and they did not harass after. With a small firms, as many residential projects are, I think a little discretion is acceptable if common sense is applied to a method. Not every prescribed method is practical or necessary. I think we have all bent the rules at times and it does not always constitute being reckless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epanzella Posted September 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Apparently OSHA doesn't get around much in the residential world. I know a half dozen new home builders that have their own lulls. It's tuff to compete with these guys as they're using their machines for windows, siding, roofing and lifting trusses. I order second floor materials boomed up whenever I can but I can't always get it exactly where I want it. I'm jealous when I see a lull parked with a load of roof shingle following the roofers up the slope. Ed Panzella "BAITS MOTEL" - 2450 Maycraft Pilothouse Higganum, Ct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptyhook Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I never seen osha on a resi job but I've only see osha twice on my job. Funny story my friend was driving at full speed hit a dip bent the forks and lifted the rear wheels off the ground. Funniest $700 mistake I seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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