Pole work. Traditional or swivel squeegie?

I have the old one and i have to say when we are 2 people working together on pole work we often use this method: one are wetting down the window and the other squeege with the Unger Zero degree. Works so efficient! And I feel that the tool is much easier to learn to handle then other swivel tools.
And don’t even mention the close out… so much better then the Excelerator if you ask me.

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That is the same process we use to do the uppers at this time (with new version 0 degree)…
But we are changing things up this year to cut down on gear and make thing even more streamlined (it wont include the excelerator, it just doesn’t fit are work flow). We like to run slick and lean when we are running are routes.

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How will you change things for next season?

I’ll post up some information Jan 1 Jonathan…

We are growing leaps and bounds with the new dedicated approach to the part of the industry we want to focus on. So we need to run sleek and easier gear setup so its easily copied and super easy to use, repeatable.

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Looking forward to it!

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is that storefront or…?

If I told ya…I’d have to put another block on the great northern wall! :wink:

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Well I could sure use the help

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I love that handle.

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I can pull down further with the Sorbo, but the Excelerator (18") has been faster on certain jobs for me because I don’t need to detail uppers. I use the Excelerator for pole work for taller windows and switch to a wagtail to finish everything headheight down. For now, I’m having fun with it while avoiding wrist/shoulder chronic stuff.

Honestly, the 24" Sorbo is probably faster at this point on most big-glassed jobs, but swiveling has it’s place.

I’m more residential, so the pole swivel (lol) on storefronts is fun.

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straight pulls with a swivel squeegee wins [with a pole]

in my opinion, when the chips are down … with a busy workload… you cant waste time and energy faffing about fanning at height

in recent times iv seen no end of fancy pole fanning vids crop up over the net. these are of little use to anybody with a busy diary.

i also sense these pole vid makers often have got a fear of heights/ladder fear .

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Hard to tell by the pic. For sure it would take some creativity. But that was the point. You would be surprised at some of the things you can do with a fixed handle when it’s all you have. And then when you realize you can do it you start to want the swivel less and less. That said again there are those moments where when you need the swivel you really need it. Like you pic. You might have to have one. Again it’s hard to tell from the pic. It would be fun to try.

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Did this one 2 years back.
This shows straight pulls using a modified Wagtail.
And also fanning the bigger glass.
So you can use it for straight pulls also.

If you work by yourself I understand that the swivel/scrubber combo is really practical. But when you are 2 who’s working together i agree with you. The straight pull method (I use the 7-method) is way more efficient. Especially on big windows.

I understand that many wants to avoid ladderwork for safety reasons. But I often clean residential places 2 times a year… and then you do a better work with the ladder because you can see where you have to scrub a little extra and spots that is left behind.
If I would do it only with a pole I would have to do some kind of modification with a steel wool plate/scrubber plate on the pole.

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People who are afraid to climb ladders really shouldn’t clean windows for a living. Perhaps I’m old fashioned but I mean it doesn’t make logical sense to me at all. JMO

“I understand that many wants to avoid ladderwork for safety reasons.”

I understand your point :grinning:
But I confess: I don’t climb the ladder with a smile. But many times it’s a must…

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A lit of times it would actually be easier to use ladders. Ya I don’t get it either I agree ladders are must
Ya I avoid a lot of ladder work with my WFP. Honestly if it wasn’t for landscape I prob would of never even considered a wfp
Even on ground work a WFP is a tool that saves a lot of hard aches from climbing in To thise bushes

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I thought I would just posted it up now, since I got a few…

We will be running with the Ledge eze again, it works great for route work uppers and is light in the hand for fanning (we always two hand at normal height windows) and the ledge eze closes out on 2-4in frames easily, we will also carry a zero degree handle for those awkward times and super deep framed.windows. If you @JonathanB or anyone else has any questions feel free to ask! :wink:

Sounds like a good choice. I’m convinced that you will like that setup. Simple but very efficient.

Thats the way I did it a couple years ago. Over time we slipped away from the ledge eze because we were trying new tools blah blah…
But yes it will make the work flow a bit more efficient.