Roof rigger mobile suspended user crane - photos

**Frank S** · Jan 15, 2020, 08:20 PM

Hey at least he tied a bowline knot to the loop in the bucket
He must be relying on the friction of the 2 sharp edges to offer more holding power.
I wonder how long it will be before the rope frays through though.

**cmarlow** · Jan 15, 2020, 08:30 PM

Definitely a "Do not try this at home." video.

**Toolmaker51** · Jan 15, 2020, 09:59 PM

Even a tee shirt would have made decent chafing gear for the braided line. Couldn't account friction re-calibrations, obviously so great an initial concern...

**IAMSatisfied** · Jan 15, 2020, 10:20 PM

5 gallons of concrete weight between 125-165 lbs., which is apparently enough, along with the included friction of the rope over the two corners of the parapet wall, to keep the painter from taking the plunge. That part would be just simple math on the painter's part. The frayed rope just above the bucket is what would be worrisome to me.

Obviously not his first rodeo.

A friend of mine of European descent has relatives who have lived in Peru for generations (his grandfather owned a plantation there)... he told me of how they heat water in the shower with electricity... the vertical iron pipe that carries the water to the shower head has a hot wire running to a 220v switch box on the wall. The way it works is thus: you first turn on the water, then you flip the switch on the wall and the resistance of the electric current running through the pipe heats the water, and you adjust the temperature by adjusting the flow. The idea is that you're safe from getting electrocuted because the path to ground is better through the pipe than through you, at least in theory... until a severely rusted out joint or elbow breaks (or whatever), thereby severing that path to ground! I'd trust the counterweight and a good rope the painter's using over that water heater ANY day!