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2. How Often Do You You Really Need To Clean Your Gutters? - AOL

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   It involves a tall ladder and a lot of elbow grease. “Cleaning gutters is primarily a hands-on process,” says Flax. ... grab a ladder, and get up to the roof line. From there, start removing ...

3. Peter Pirsch and Sons - Wikipedia

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   In 1938 came the first 100–ft aluminum alloy closed lattice aerial ladder which became a Peter Pirsch specialty and is still used today. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s a wide range of fire engines, including articulated ladder trucks were made, with power coming mostly from Hercules or Waukesha engines.

4. Hoist (device) - Wikipedia

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   Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.

5. Gin pole - Wikipedia

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   A gin pole used to install a weather vane atop the 200-foot steeple of a church Roof trusses being assembled with gin poles. The gin pole is derived from a gyn, and considered a form of derrick, called a standing derrick or pole derrick, [2] distinguished from sheers (or shear legs) by having a single boom rather than a two-legged one.

6. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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   The advantage of the box girder type configuration results in a system that has a lower deadweight yet a stronger overall system integrity. Also included would be a hoist to lift the items, the bridge, which spans the area covered by the crane, and a trolley to move along the bridge. The most common overhead crane use is in the steel industry.

7. Shooter reportedly used a ladder to gain access to roof in ...

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   Citing an unnamed law enforcement source, rally attendees also advised officers that the gunman, later identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, used a ladder to gain access to the rooftop he used to ...