Engine/transmission go boom soon.
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Jon, thanks it is hard to put into words my reaction to this picture. Unbelievable does not even begin ...
Ralph
And then there's this guy's demo of his new tool.
https://youtu.be/fNHIEh_s2Vw
That would classify as a big OOPSQuote:
Originally Posted by Crusty
Or a D'OH!
The guy raising the window on the ladder should have left well enough alone once it was up. since it is out of frame we don't have anyway of knowing why the window fell other than his jerking the up down control.
You see those ladder lifts used to carry composition roofing up all the time
My guess is a fake mishap.
Why else would a seemingly fully functional human being put up a 2 x 4" triangular wedge outwards on top of the ladder hoist,
and then resorting to force the window upward twice to really get it to topple over?
Involuntary reveal in screengrab from when the cam also dives.
-Why else even putting it online- Showing off your grand stupidity?
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i.e. fake mishap really I do not even see a window opening!
-Aww - I'll give him the benefit of the doubt: as this supposedly was a demo, a window opening really isn't that necessary.
That the window seems to have been pretty thoroughly used, in a color that went outta fashion 3 decades ago,
makes me think it was expendable for this "open-ended test"... The pure necessity of the wooden wedge on top still eludes me.
The driveway probably needed a cleanup anyhow - so why not waste a few hours work for a clickbait YT vid?
Unless, of course: The guy IS a complete moron, or maybe just having the compulsion to portray himself as one.
My personal rating: -"A for effort!"
From the picture the brace looks to be an intentional deflector to guarantee the window to fall a further example of why I am beginning to think this was his briefly lowering then raising again,
Yeah he lowered and raised again because it didn't fall the first time, still ranked as complete stupidity.
Ralph
The event was staged for the video - notice that the pane is parallel with the ladder uprights as it leaves the bottom but at the top it must have contacted the forcing frame made of 2x's and metal strap attached to the ladder angled to push it off.
When we installed heavy panes like that one we usually took the easiest way to get it there and it wouldn't be unusual to hoist it at the garage end and then hand carry it along the ridge to the wall of the second story where it was supposedly being installed. But in this case it was hoisted at the garage end because of the concrete slab there for the pane to fall onto insuring a good effect when it fell.
Still funny though even if staged.
He applauded his mis calculation
