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Guide to Scaffold Base Plates, Sills and Footings A scaffold does not fail at the top, it fails at the bottom. Every leg transfers its share of the load plus the weight of the crew and material into whatever the ground is underneath, and the hardware at that point is doing more work than anything higher up the frame. Base plates and sills are the cheapest part of the system and the part crews skip most often. Here is what they actually do and how to decide what a given site needs. What Base Pla …