[robert mitchell]

Does anyone use the gutter extreme clamped carbon gutter poles from Grippa ?

I have the the gutter lite tapered sections and find them a real pain , the end tool twists as you try to use it and coming loose and i had a section literally just fold in half as i moved it along the gutter yesterday ......only been used on six jobs!

The lightweight plastic end tools are already worn quite badly , the alloy version  looks much better on there website but needs an adaptor to fit the pole that costs £85 +vat!

[Smudger]

I brought my carbon poles from a supplier direct which are modulat taper fit, I had an aluminium collar made and bonded it into the top section cost me a tenner from an engineering company

Darran

[Clever Forum Name]

we use the 10th section (goes onto an extreme 47 and its still modular)

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/water-fed-poles/extension-sections-for-telescopic-poles/the-new-slx-extension-sections-10.html

Used them for years and work well, only thing we did was to replace the plastic inserts at the bottom with metal instead of plastic.

[Smurf]

Slightly off topic but this made me laugh whilst having a butchers on their site.
20m cable rool £92.04 plus 20% vat £110.45....They must be having a laugh surely?    
https://www.grippatank.co.uk/20m-cable-roll-uk-230v-nvm-155a

You can get a decent size cable reel (45m) from the likes of screwix for 31.98 or with a 5 off voucher they send through from time to time 26.98 like I did. You got to be raving bonker to buy some of gripa products methinks.

Anyway back on topic are you saying if I read it right one of your pole sections broke or was it one of those gardiner crapy heads they sell?

[timglaze]

The wheels obviously cost £70 smurf!!!

[ascjim]

I brought my carbon poles from a supplier direct which are modulat taper fit, I had an aluminium collar made and bonded it into the top section cost me a tenner from an engineering company

Darran

Spill the beans

[Smurf]

The wheels obviously cost £70 smurf!!!

 

[Smudger]

Bottom of the page

http://www.carbonfibretubes.co.uk/standard-tubes/

[robert mitchell]

Slightly off topic but this made me laugh whilst having a butchers on their site.
20m cable rool £92.04 plus 20% vat £110.45....They must be having a laugh surely?    
https://www.grippatank.co.uk/20m-cable-roll-uk-230v-nvm-155a

You can get a decent size cable reel (45m) from the likes of screwix for 31.98 or with a 5 off voucher they send through from time to time 26.98 like I did. You got to be raving bonker to buy some of gripa products methinks.

Anyway back on topic are you saying if I read it right one of your pole sections broke or was it one of those gardiner crapy heads they sell?

yes  a section broke .

its these which grippa sell but are actually gardiner modular base sections .

https://www.grippatank.co.uk/gutter-lite-high-level-tapered-vacuum-poles

[robert mitchell]

I brought my carbon poles from a supplier direct which are modulat taper fit, I had an aluminium collar made and bonded it into the top section cost me a tenner from an engineering company

Darran

Thanks Darran  i would rather go for clamped sections though , like these .

https://www.grippatank.co.uk/gutter-lite-high-level-clamped-vacuum-poles

But the adaptor to fit an alloy end on seems well overpriced for what it is ?

https://www.grippatank.co.uk/b-grippavac-alloy-gutter-gulper-tool

Carbon adaptor 108 quid with vat ! plus 50 for the actual tool ! 

[Smurf]

Oh thats a bummer 
How many sections were you using at the time?

[robert mitchell]

only 3 , it folded like cardboard!

[Smurf]

I brought my carbon poles from a supplier direct which are modulat taper fit, I had an aluminium collar made and bonded it into the top section cost me a tenner from an engineering company

Darran

Thanks Darran  i would rather go for clamped sections though , like these .

https://www.grippatank.co.uk/gutter-lite-high-level-clamped-vacuum-poles

But the adaptor to fit an alloy end on seems well overpriced for what it is ?

https://www.grippatank.co.uk/b-grippavac-alloy-gutter-gulper-tool

Carbon adaptor 108 quid with vat ! plus 50 for the actual tool ! 

Bonkers pricing if you ask me

[Smurf]

only 3 , it folded like cardboard!

Thats shocking

Were you giving it some wellie trying to remove sods etc?

[robert mitchell]

nope , just literally lifting it up

[Smurf]

nope , just literally lifting it up

I hope you raised a complaint with grippa and mr Gardiner ?

[robert mitchell]

no i haven't done that , i think i have had them over a year , even though i have only used them about six/seven times .

they are very light but not sure they are strong enough !

the lightweight end tools are useless too

[G & M]

Smudger, how much do those poles cost each?

[Smurf]

no i haven't done that , i think i have had them over a year , even though i have only used them about six/seven times .

they are very light but not sure they are strong enough !

the lightweight end tools are useless too

Can I ask were exactly did the section snap?

Still only using the gardiner gutter poles six times you should still raise a compliant as I know I would if I knew I had done nothing to warrant the pole section failure.

[robert mitchell]

Snapped pretty much in the middle of the section .

The thing is i dint like the tapered poles anyway , they twist as you try to use them , particularly the end tool , in my opinion they are not really up to the job .