[macmac]

even better, buy a carbon facelift for your domestic work & totaly forget about any of the above problems

tony

[Davew]

That would be close to £1200 pounds that squeaks would have paid out in two months if he goes down that route!!!!

[Sir Squeaky]

It's alright Dave, I don't know what he's talking about anyway.

Facelift?
Cheeky sod.

[Davew]

Blimey squeeks nearly 3000 posts....... when do you get time to go to work?

[macmac]

That would be close to £1200 pounds that squeaks would have paid out in two months if he goes down that route!!!!

You're right but if he'd taken good advice to begin with he wouldn't be writing this post either.

tony

[Davew]

Your probably right too Mac. However Squeaks probably wanted the lightest pole possible due to his shoulder injury in which case the Superlight meets those requirements. You wouldn't want it as an everyday pole though it's too fragile and too expensive imho and a total waste of money for normal two to three story domestic.

[macmac]

You wouldn't want it as an everyday pole though it's too fragile and too expensive imho and a total waste of money for normal two to three story domestic.

but will some people ever learn or will they just continue to get manipulated/railroaded into bad decisions :

tony

[darren72]

macmac have you got a 24ft and 34ft facelift carbon fibre or do you just take sections of the 34ft.cheers darren.

[macmac]

macmac have you got a 24ft and 34ft facelift carbon fibre or do you just take sections of the 34ft.cheers darren.

mine's a 44ft & i just take/add sections as & when needed. 95% of time its at 24ft.

tony

[Alex Gardiner]

Hi Squeaks,

The reason for the wear on the pole joints is that you are using this as your main pole. Used for domestic work the pole is subject to many more section changes than normal. To counter this you will need to use the PTFE lubricant spray a lot more. This actually prevents wear on each section.

The other problem is end splintering, this is nearly always caused by hitting the ends on the section above whilst assembling. Using this pole on domestic work does mean that you usually have less room for careful joint assembly and therefore it can lead to chipping which coupled with wear can lead to splitting.

The way to prevent all of this happening is to regularly spray the joints with PTFE lubricant and then assemble with care. Having said that some of the above posts have also had some good ideas about prolonging the life of the pole.

Feel free to give me a ring/email.

[Moderator David@stives]

Alex

are your new poles available yet

Dave

[Alex Gardiner]

We are hoping to take delivery of the final prototype tomorrow, which will then go into testing. After testing we can then sign off on the project and hopefully have a supply with us by the beginning of next month.

[Sir Squeaky]

Hi Squeaks,

The reason for the wear on the pole joints is that you are using this as your main pole. Used for domestic work the pole is subject to many more section changes than normal. To counter this you will need to use the PTFE lubricant spray a lot more. This actually prevents wear on each section.

The other problem is end splintering, this is nearly always caused by hitting the ends on the section above whilst assembling. Using this pole on domestic work does mean that you usually have less room for careful joint assembly and therefore it can lead to chipping which coupled with wear can lead to splitting.

The way to prevent all of this happening is to regularly spray the joints with PTFE lubricant and then assemble with care. Having said that some of the above posts have also had some good ideas about prolonging the life of the pole.

Feel free to give me a ring/email.

Cheers Alex.
I didn't get any spray though.
Never mind, you've supplied enough extra bits!

Ooh, and I haven't sent you back that original pump have I?
Oops, I'll sort it this week.

[Alex Gardiner]

I'll get some spray off to you if you would like.