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Ian101

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Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« on: July 21, 2011, 06:31:51 pm »
May possibly have my first "proper" commercial job in the bag  ;D ... find out next week but looking very good.

So now need bigger pole ?

Currently use Gardiners CLX poles but 27ft is longest I have. (glass and carbon mix)

Who uses what and what would you suggest ?

Guessing will need to be pure carbon fibre at this height ??

Your thoughts and experiances appreciated  :D

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 06:44:28 pm »
Defo go carbon at that height always comes down to the same thing..how much dosh do you want to spend? I beleive the supermax range are a pretty good price now.
WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

Sean Dyer

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2011, 06:45:04 pm »
Id be tempted to go for a sl2,

Im waiting to get a big job to justify buying one, at the minute i dont have enogh work for it so just use cheap heavy pole!

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2011, 06:56:20 pm »
I have one sean they are great poles a tip for you..lie the disgarded sections down on windy days otherwise they will blow over and chip or crack.
WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2011, 06:57:02 pm »
Xtreme 48. ;)

Pope vader

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 07:03:40 pm »
get a good old metal one for strength  ;D

Ian101

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2011, 07:15:57 pm »
get a good old metal one for strength  ;D


 :o

SherwoodCleaningSe

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2011, 09:29:44 pm »
I have an SL2 at that height and it is the best pole for long stretches of windows, but it is a bit fiddly to use.  The best pole overall at that height would be the slx xtreme, fast to extend and very nearly as light and as rigid as the SL2.  If the contract is worth it I'd buy the xtreme, if you do you'll find it hard to use the clx again.

Simon.

concept

Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2011, 09:34:07 pm »
Gardiners Super Max is great value for money. Had our SMAX 40 over a year now, and it's a pleasure to use at 4-5 floors for what I would class as medium sized commercial work.

If I had a massive run of 40+ ft work, I would invest in a Super Lie Extreme or a Super Lite 2 modular. There are some drawbacks with modulars, but wow...unbelievably light.

bobplum

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2011, 10:36:05 pm »
May possibly have my first "proper" commercial job in the bag  ;D ... find out next week but looking very good.

So now need bigger pole ?

Currently use Gardiners CLX poles but 27ft is longest I have. (glass and carbon mix)

Who uses what and what would you suggest ?

Guessing will need to be pure carbon fibre at this height ??

Your thoughts and experiances appreciated  :D

make one ;),bq  harris pole x2

Steve_c

Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2011, 11:20:16 pm »
Swift from ionics

Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2011, 12:18:06 am »
May possibly have my first "proper" commercial job in the bag  ;D ... find out next week but looking very good.

So now need bigger pole ?

Currently use Gardiners CLX poles but 27ft is longest I have. (glass and carbon mix)

Who uses what and what would you suggest ?

Guessing will need to be pure carbon fibre at this height ??

Your thoughts and experiances appreciated  :D

ian supermax mind u howhow high ring me me
slx are excellent as r the new extreme  ;) ;)
LET YOUR PANES BE MY PLEASURE

"If CALSBERG did WINDOW CLEANING
 it would be C.C.C  Probably the best WINDOW CLEANERS IN THE WORLD ..........."

Ste M

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2011, 06:19:11 pm »
Ian I've got a smax 40 an you can borrow that for a day if you'd like to see how you go with it. At the end of the day mate its a lot of money so you can try one before commiting to buyin then

Ian101

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2011, 12:11:40 am »
Ian I've got a smax 40 an you can borrow that for a day if you'd like to see how you go with it. At the end of the day mate its a lot of money so you can try one before commiting to buyin then

wow cheers for that .... will give u a shout next week ... thanks again !!!

mrwindows

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2011, 12:18:23 am »
Definately the xtreme 48. You can use it as it is and also add extra sections as necessary when you get higher work.
A lot better than the supermax. so light and easy to control.

Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2011, 01:13:28 am »
Ian I've got a smax 40 an you can borrow that for a day if you'd like to see how you go with it. At the end of the day mate its a lot of money so you can try one before commiting to buyin then

wow cheers for that .... will give u a shout next week ... thanks again !!!

ian i can vouch for ste m m8
he's a top lad n a gud m8 of mine  ;) ;)
LET YOUR PANES BE MY PLEASURE

"If CALSBERG did WINDOW CLEANING
 it would be C.C.C  Probably the best WINDOW CLEANERS IN THE WORLD ..........."

Scrimmer73

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2011, 01:23:56 am »
I use a 45ft Tucker Pole , OK its Aluminium, but it was a good investment , the tucker brush is fantastic too ,, Its heavy , but it does the job ,, check Ebay , before you spend money you , dont have too ,, just take care  with the clamps !!!  I got mine  for £300 , 2 years ago 


Ian101

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2011, 07:36:33 pm »
Ian I've got a smax 40 an you can borrow that for a day if you'd like to see how you go with it. At the end of the day mate its a lot of money so you can try one before commiting to buyin then

wow cheers for that .... will give u a shout next week ... thanks again !!!

Thanks Ste ...... got the contract but a mate of mine and Mike Cam has "gave" me on long term loan a brodex 50 footer carbon ..... think its carbon buy may be concrete so will see how I fare with this but will go in for a smax at some point so if offer still there to borrow yours for the day then will give u a shout over the next few months before i order one  ;)

Ste M

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2011, 06:55:53 pm »
No problem at all ian. Just give us a bell mate as I'm not to far from you (I'm on the best side of the mersey) you know mike cam as well? I taught him everything he knows about wc ing.he'd be nothing without me haha 

Ian101

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Re: Best pole for 40 / 50 foot work ? New Contract !!!
« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2011, 07:46:17 pm »
No problem at all ian. Just give us a bell mate as I'm not to far from you (I'm on the best side of the mersey) you know mike cam as well? I taught him everything he knows about wc ing.he'd be nothing without me haha 

 ;D ;D