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Re: [TowerTalk] "Chicken Ladder" for Roof Climbing?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Chicken Ladder" for Roof Climbing?
From: Jim Hoge <knowkode@verizon.net>
Reply-to: Jim Hoge <knowkode@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:36:51 -0700 (PDT)
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Eric,

My previous house had a 12/12 pitch roof- 45* and I used what we called a 
chicken plank. It was a long 2x4 with rungs made of short (3 1/2") 2x4s nailed 
to the longer one every foot or so for footholds. On the end that hung over the 
ridge was a long el bracket. This by itself made scaling the roof possible but 
it was in no way safe in and of itself. Mandatory was a rope thrown over the 
roof and securely anchored somewhere on the other side of the house. You need 
to be tied off to the rope as a means of fall arrest.


gl es be safe,
Jim W5QM



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