Best poles

[Merv]

@Chris

Yeah I had the real big Ettore one the 27 footer… and it would always slip and then not want to tighten or un tighten. The Unger pole zilla is a dream to work with (the 30 footer)… But our commercial guys really like the 4 and 8 foot Ettore’s.

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The Ungers are very good poles. The problem is that they look too good. I had one taken out of my truck. Now I am looking for ugly poles.

[anon61938349]

i use a 18 foot pulex pole, it works but nothing special . for higher work i bought a 11metre fishing pole,carbon pole off ebay and shortened it to 9 metres .i slid some of the end bits inside the tip and glued them in . i use a 12 inch wagtail flipper at the 9 metre height and its modified just like a guy called WAGGA did his. he has a load of really good pole videos on youtube ,called MyWagga

[mistersqueegee]

@jonnyald

i use a 18 foot pulex pole, it works but nothing special . for higher work i bought a 11metre fishing pole,carbon pole off ebay and shortened it to 9 metres .i slid some of the end bits inside the tip and glued them in . i use a 12 inch wagtail flipper at the 9 metre height and its modified just like a guy called WAGGA did his. he has a load of really good pole videos on youtube ,called MyWagga

I love his stuff! http://www.youtube.com/user/MyWagga

[BostonMike]

@Mr.Squeegee

I can’t undo the second collar, it won’t unscrew to lengthen the bottom part of the pole. i’m gonna take it apart and see what the problem is

I hate it when they get stuck. I guess it’s safe for me to assume that you don’t carry a couple channel lock
pliers on the truck.

[Merv]

@mdefiel

I hate it when they get stuck. I guess it’s safe for me to assume that you don’t carry a couple channel lock
pliers on the truck.

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If you don’t over tighten them, they don’t get stuck. It will loosen with enough force of course.

[system]

@Chris

But our commercial guys really like the 4 and 8 foot Ettore’s.

Yeah, that’s the one I’ve always preferred for commercial work, too, a 2-section 4-8 footer.

Also use the Unger Tele, first buying the 1st 3 sections and adding on to it as it became necessary. I’ve poled 40’ windows with it, standing on a step ladder. One thing about it is that there’s so much flex in it at that height, fully extended, that after a while the first one or two sections get a little bent.

[Merv]

@LegacyWindowsUT

Yeah, that’s the one I’ve always preferred for commercial work, too, a 2-section 4-8 footer.

Also use the Unger Tele, first buying the 1st 3 sections and adding on to it as it became necessary. I’ve poled 40’ windows with it, standing on a step ladder. One thing about it is that there’s so much flex in it at that height, fully extended, that after a while the first one or two sections get a little bent.

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Were you using the two part cleaning thing with the sqeegee on one side and the washer on the other? At that height it would be heavy. I can’t see how you could take the pole down and change to the squeegee before it dries.

[JoeSqueegee]

@mdefiel

I hate it when they get stuck. I guess it’s safe for me to assume that you don’t carry a couple channel lock
pliers on the truck.

Actually, i found out what was wrong with it. It wasn’t that i couldn’t loosen it. It was the bottom collar wouldn’t tighten because on the cone and clamp assembly the clamp that attaches onto the pole has teeth that broke off. So it just spins when i try to loosen it or tighten it. I just need to buy a new large cone and clamp assembly and it will be fine