Hi
I have a 60 foot ergolite that iam looking to upgrade. i cant work with it fully extended on my own its a two man job really.
it does help if you get off the ground yourself as has been said. our favourite trick is to satand on the customers skip to get a bit of height.
If you can take someone with you we do this. fully extend the pole, brace the end against a wall, one get a good grip at the operators end, one puts it above his head at the brush end then walks towards you pushing the pole up whilst the one at the floor end pulls like mad. it will go up. Once up against the building its not too bad but you dont have great control. try and keep the base as far from the building as the site will allow this keeps the weight on windows not on your arms(watch old leaded or georgans it will go straigh through!!!)
unless you are very fit or strong you wont be able to do many hours with it at a time thats why two man is also better, me and my right hand man do about eight windows each at a time then swap gives you 10 minute break.
last few things watch the wind if it starts to go you wont stop it falling. last thing check all the clips are nice and tight before raising as it is a nightmare to get it up then have to get it down again to tighten a clip half a turn.
iam looking at some of these modular poles in carbon fibre. some are only 2 or 3 kilos and are rigid going to look hard at them before i buy though.
cheers
john