Ditched the traditional ladder for a PivotPro on my last commercial job

I had to make a call between using my old Werner extension ladder or renting a PivotPro for a ceiling grid install in a warehouse outside Dallas. The Werner would have been cheaper at $0 rental but I'd have to move it every 10 feet. The PivotPro cost me $85 for the day but let me roll along the whole 200 foot aisle without climbing up and down. I picked the PivotPro and honestly it saved me almost 3 hours of setup time. The only downside was the damn thing weighs a ton and I had to borrow the foreman's truck to haul it. But my knees didn't ache at all the next day which never happens with a regular ladder. Has anyone else tried one of those rolling scaffold deals for long runs?

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lily_sullivan821h ago

Yeah I used to think they were overkill but the time savings changed my mind.

thompson.xena28m ago

One thing that gets overlooked is how much safer those rolling scaffolds are on uneven concrete - my buddy took a nasty fall when his extension ladder kicked out on a warehouse floor with a slight slope.