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Guide to Rolling Scaffold Towers for Warehouse and Plant Upkeep Warehouse and plant maintenance is a different job from construction. You are working inside, on a flat floor, moving between many small tasks rather than one long run, and the access has to come to you. A rolling scaffold tower is built for exactly that. Dallas Ladder stocks rolling scaffold and the parts that go with it at our Rowlett warehouse. Why Rolling Beats Fixed Indoors A maintenance shift might cover a light fixture at on …

Guide to Sizing a Pump Jack System for a Two-Story House A pump jack system is the standard way to work the exterior of a two-story house. Two poles go up, jack assemblies ride them, and a work bench between the jacks gives you a platform you raise as the job moves up the wall. Getting the pole length and the bracing right is what separates a system that works from one that fights you all day. Dallas Ladder stocks Titan and Werner pump jack systems at our Rowlett warehouse. Pole Length and Work …

Guide to Walk-Through and Specialty Ladders for Access at Height Most ladders are the same idea in different sizes. Specialty ladders are the ones designed around a job that a standard ladder handles badly: stepping through a platform instead of around it, getting onto a roof without swinging a leg over the top, or reaching a space too tight for a regular base. Dallas Ladder stocks specialty and walk-through ladders at our Rowlett warehouse. What Walk-Through Means A walk-through ladder extends …

Guide to Aluminum Stages and Pick Boards An aluminum stage, also called a pick board, is the wide plank that spans between two supports and gives you a platform instead of a rung. Plasterers, drywall finishers, painters and acoustical crews work off stages all day because a stage lets them cover a wide area without moving anything. Dallas Ladder stocks stages in the widths and lengths those trades use at our Rowlett warehouse. Why Width Matters More Than Length A stage comes in widths of roughl …

Guide to Baker/Perry Scaffolding for Masonry and Stucco Crews Baker and Perry style scaffolding is the rolling unit masonry, stucco and plaster crews live on. It is a single-frame tower on casters, narrow enough to fit through a door and low enough to move by hand, with a deck you can work from all day. Dallas Ladder stocks the units and every part that goes with them at our Rowlett warehouse. Why It Suits Masonry and Stucco Stucco and plaster work happens at a consistent height along a long wa …