I have one. I’m still not the greatest with pole work, I’m getting pretty good though, and I actually enjoy doing it, I have to get some practice in doing it one handed. I like using the excelerator with pole work, but have an issue with it. I know it’s a different subject, but does anyone else have an issue with the excelerator channel sliding on the handle and the rubber sliding side to side off the channel? Is it defective?
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No,sir i have some but they still dont work if metal,surface is,wet …
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Ours work no matter the weather.
Only thing I tell them is to make contact with metal. Do not step on leaves, pine needles etc.
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I almost bit it off a roof in Eureka California back in 7. One of those third story roofs with a hill behind the house… Learned great respect for roofs that day. Lol
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You can rest your stabilizer against the frame of the windows in order to access side by side windows. I have a few jobs where I have to do that or one leg of the standoff is against the wall and the other against the frame. The frame between the two sections of window will hold your weight.
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It sounds like I keep making excuses, but it’s how the setup was. On the side of the windows were those cheap vinyl shutters, they seem like they would break if I put the stabilizer against those as well as the frame, which definitely would hold weight fine.
There’s a (several) long thread on the excelerator/liquidator and it’s issues.
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I don’t know what else to tell you man. Not every window will be as you describe, but there are ways to get your standoff to allow you access to the windows. I have even built an attachment for mine out of 2x4 and carpet tacked to it to allow me to span extra wide windows so that I can reach them. Guess you just have to creative (safely) to make it work, or skip those few jobs where there is no ladder placement capability.
Nothing wrong with a healthy respect
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Everything comes with time if you stick with it.I use to suck at pole work now I can do it in my sleep
Yeah there is a big difference between healthy respect and fear. Respect keeps you focused, competent and safe. Fear gets you freezing up, hesitating and can be dangerous. If your not comfortable on the ladder just stay off it.
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I find too that starting small helps with things like this (anything in life really). Stack ladders made me nervous so i decided to just use them in easy situations to get more comfortable and confident. I’m learning to set it properly at low heights and im learning to trust it. Perhaps I’ll graduate to using four sections eventually (if i ever manage to stack that many that is lol).
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I just put the standoff on the glass and put the ladder near vertical to keep most of the weight off the glass. You’d be amazed how strong glass really is. 
Very risky! Not a suggestion I would make for anyone to do, it’s amazing how fragile glass can be 
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I was kidding. Imagine near vertical and fear of heights?
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Oh man that make me feel so much better …
I was like man, did Tommy lose his freakin mind… 
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There is a little truth in that statement! LOL
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Ya got me for a minute there too… 
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we’ve talked about ladders on glass before. my brother was a fire fighter, worked ladders all the time. and told me how to do it. you keep the proper angle on the ladder 75 degrees. make sure you have good rubber on the part touching the glass. keep the touch nearer the middle of the glass as opposed to close to the edge (the glass needs to be able to flex) , done it eight million thousand trillion times .
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I’m not afraid of heights by any means, but moving on that type of roof is nuts.
