Kids, Don't Try This At Home!!!

super99 · Oct 22, 2009

I'm a trained professional. I had 2 J vents for my 18'bin that I needed to get put on and my ladder was too short to work from. I called a retired neighbor and he came over and helped me get them put on. Put the ladder in the bucket on the loader and raised it about 6' off the ground so the short ladder would reach. I tied a rope to the roof for safety. Got the 2 put on the little bin and 1 more put on the dryer bin. Chris

IaGary · Oct 22, 2009

Hey I need a couple vents on my bean bin.

It's got a small fan but I never got the vents on it. Will you come and do it?

I'm getting tired of climbing the ladder to open and close the lids.

The other bins all have the J vents on them except my 18' bean bin.

Gary

kyplowboy · Oct 22, 2009

Thats what happens when kids grow up ride'n on tractor finders. They end up do'n stuff like that.

Figure'd I say it before the OSHA folks got woke up this morning.

Glad it worked out for ya!

Dave

super99 · Oct 22, 2009

We could probably work something out. Send me a e-mail. I know I have been a lot farther away than you are working on bins. Chris

thurlow · Oct 22, 2009

Waiting for the 'hand-wringers' to check in; at least you've got enough sense to use a wfe tractor with the fel; a tricyle would be laying on its side. :>))

Nancy Howell · Oct 22, 2009

You may get flamed over this, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do the best way you can.

showcrop · Oct 22, 2009

But on the other hand, a well ballasted NFE would be more stable than a non-ballasted WFE right?

Ric Ks. · Oct 22, 2009

Biggest mistake most make is not securing ladder. If you get is solid enough to climb you still need to tie it to something at the top. I would also like to see you tied to the bin, and maybe you are.
Wish I still had the guts to get high like that.

fixerupper · Oct 22, 2009

Is that blue sky computer generated or is it real? As far as the ladder goes, It looks like just another normal activity a farmer would do. You are probably endangering yourself just as much driving down the road. What was the moisture of the beans? Jim

olgentdc · Oct 22, 2009

Only thing I see wrong is trusting the IH to stay put and hold ,, Rib>Poke . ... Supper 99 . if ya poasted this pix , You and I know you were fishin for peanut gallery Comments .LOL. around here we have lived to tell about all sorts of marginal and ptential dangerous tasks .. All in the day in the life risks of a farmer.. i have stood a ladder in a pickup truck more than i am willing to admit .... The Masey 300 and I got about 16 acres of beans yet to do here in S IN,. Best yeilding RR beans ever ,, Might go above 55 Bu. Moisture is 13.5 ,, Rain Moving in Today ,,, SIGH

super99 · Oct 22, 2009

That is the color the sky was. We had a light sprinkle early am and rain all day forecast. I tested them several times, and they all ran from 12 1/2% to 13 1/2% moisture. Not sure what they made yet, have to measure whats in the bin and see, but seemed like there was a lot of beans out there. Chris

Crem · Oct 22, 2009

A number of years ago my brothers did that with a longer ladder and had the bucket raised higher. They were repairing some shingles on the barn. They didn't realize that the bucket was slowly tipping and finally it dumped the ladder. My brother hung unto the ladder and rode it down but it could have been bad. I myself don't like heights and could never climb up there.

glennster · Oct 22, 2009

looks like a good job!! did you put the side supports on too? i have them on a few of my older bins to keep up straight. my neighbor has one thats starting to fold over pretty good. i use an old meyer elevator to get up on the bin roofs, also works good for painting shed roofs, just sit in the elevator and mop paint out the sides!!! gotta made do with what ya got!!

Goose · Oct 22, 2009

Been there, done that.

Actually, a shorter ladder won't flex as much as a long one while you're on it as long as it's secure.

However, my wife saw me doing that once to work on something or other. Like Bill Cosby said one time, up to that point in my life I'd heard of people having a conniption but I'd never actually seen one.

rustyfarmall · Oct 22, 2009

I've done something very similar, only I was all alone, and had to walk across the hood of the tractor so I could climb into the bucket and then climb the ladder.

Ron Anderson · Oct 22, 2009

I used to do that all the time when I was young- painted barns with a flight elevator too.
But one day I got a bit smarter and waited until I was baling straw bales and stacked them 8 high. Then you can use a smaller ladder on top of the straw bales and if you get in trouble you will have a softer spot to land.

LEH · Oct 22, 2009

I have changed traffic light bulbs with a ladder in a dump truck with the bed part way up. A gust of wind came up one day and the signal head tried to pull me off the ladder. I quit doing it after that incident.

thurlow · Oct 22, 2009

Are you sure it was traffic lights? Thought you told me one time that it was street lights........

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buickanddeere · Oct 22, 2009

I can't get comfortable around the idea. I broke a leg/ankle over far less.Still hurts too and isn't worth a darn for torque loads such as skating.
Good to see the use of a rope for raising the ducting. I'm amazed at what some people try to carry up ladders.
A longer ladder is better than trusting loader hydraulics.
Is the ladder tied off at the top to prevent it from kicking sideways?
It cost a few bucks but I purchased a fall arrest harness, shock absorber and cable system from Braffasco. For the next high level job.

James Howell · Oct 22, 2009

While on the ladder, were you holding your camera with one hand or two when you took the photos?

Sometimes you've got to improvise to get the job done.

Much better to share your photos with us on this YT forum than have them displayed to family and friends during a memorial service.

Hope all is going well with your new job/work.

super99 · Oct 22, 2009

Both of the bins were bought used and moved in. The dryer bin has a Shivvers system in it and the stiffeners were already on the bin. The other one had rolled part of one ring, so I cut off the rolled part and added 2 more rings to it. I was concerned about too much stress for the lighter sheets, so I bought some used angle iron and drilled them and put 1 on each sheet. I'd like to find some more angle iron and double the number on it. Yes, a elevator would be much better, maybe I can run across one some day. Chris

fixerupper · Oct 22, 2009

You can be using a ladder safely and still go down. A neighbor was on a ladder painting when a sow got out, sauntered over to the ladder and started rubbing on it. The result was shoulder surgery. Then another time the same neighbor was on the ladder when the dog chased a cat up the ladder. After the fracas was over he was on the ground again. Can't remember if he was hurt that time. The dumbest thing ,well, maybe one of the dumbest things I've done on a ladder was when I went up a ladder to cut the wires going from the yard pole to an old leaning barn. I didn't realize the barn was pulling on the wires quite that much and when I cut the last wire the pole I was on swung away what seemed like a couple of feet. It probably wasn't that far, but I went for a scarry ride even though I didn't fall. Ever since that time, If I use a ladder on a pole I tie the ladder to the pole once I get up there. Jim

Gene Stevens · Oct 22, 2009

As the Safety Manager for Day and Zimmermann you would be looking for another job. "Professional"...not!

super99 · Oct 22, 2009

I felt a lot safer doing this than I have climbing up on the roof to close the doors in a rain and wind storm that suddenly appeared out of nowhere at 2 AM. Chris
PS, If I was working for your company you would have a manlift of some sort with all kinds of safety equipment that would have to be used( I know, I have used them at work). Now if you want to let me borrow said equipment to do this job, fine. I don't have the extra $$ to rent it.

super99 · Oct 22, 2009

One hand. For a cheap little camers it takes a good picture. Chris

super99 · Oct 22, 2009

Yea, I got a couple of bites. Too bad I don't have pictures of what I had to do to hook a sample tube back up to a transfer auger between bins a couple of weeks ago, they would have had a heart attack! Chris

Gene Stevens · Oct 22, 2009

Which is better...doing it safe, or to have your family bury you proper?

gregk · Oct 22, 2009

Had a guy around here cutting a tree branch off of a ladder and the bar somehow got jammed in the cut. Well he pulled on it hard enough to get it free but too hard and it came back cutting open his cheek, 2 inches higher his eye 2 inches lower his neck. After this the branch fell knocking the ladder out from under him where he fell over 10 feet, but fortunately no injuries from this part. You never know.

SDE · Oct 23, 2009

When I am working on something that is a little less than safe, My focus is always on not getting hurt.

I fell from the second step of a step ladder and ended up going to a Chiropractor a few weeks latter. I did not have a clue that it was going to happen.
SDE

Anonymous-0 · Oct 24, 2009

A narrow front tractor would be laying on its side from having a ladder in the bucket??? Where do you guys come up with this stuff??? Must be one of these newer farmers....HAS TO BE 4WD, and HAS TO BE AT LEAST 200HP....even if its only pulling a hay wagon,RIGHT???
Give me a break....

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