Gardiner CLX?

[Adrian]

@severn

I got the 56ft slx and LOVE IT! 27ft pole will leave you short on some homes…I have several homes that have 40ft windows so I have to get the 56 and when collapsed it is short enough for ground work…but will be getting a short one for ground work.

I just got mine but am trying to figure out the best way to get that thing in the air. What has been your thechnique?

[WoodysWindows]

@sethfenster

Haha. I can’t remember exactly but I’m guessing tuna. And sadly no bacon, I’m pretty sure. I found the original picture and attached it below. It was taken at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, SC.

That’s cool Seth, thanks for sharing the pic. I’ve seen that pic for years now, so it’s nice to see and hear a little background on it. It’s not everyday you see a pic of someone chowing down on a “samich”. also good to know that I was probably right all this tine about what you were eating. Now that the mystery is solved, I shall rest fitfully from now on…

[Adrian]

@Matthew

I own the 27’ CLX and like it a lot. It has a good sturdy feel to it and I really like the
clamps. I just wish it were one section longer. I have used the SLX 56’ (or thereabouts) sectional pole several times and like that too
for doing the high stuff. The lightness can’t be beat. Nothing comes close. It is not exactly sturdy and I snapped
one section in half putting it up the very first time because I was used to a Tucker pole and just walking it
up like a ladder. Oops. However, I quickly got how it needs to be handled and it’s not a problem.

Matthew

How do you get that pole in the air? Im assuming leaning it against the building and gradually drawing the sections out?

[WoodysWindows]

@Matthew

Neither actually It was the Super-light, not the SLX.

Matthew

Oh sorry. I always get the SLX and the SL confused. So the really lite poles can snap just by extending them the wrong way? If I paid thousands of dollars I would almost scared to use a pole that could break if I opened it improperly.

So is this why everybody has Tucker poles for the employees?

[Adrian]

@WoodysWindows

Oh sorry. I always get the SLX and the SL confused. So the really lite poles can snap just by extending them the wrong way? If I paid thousands of dollars I would almost scared to use a pole that could break if I opened it improperly.

So is this why everybody has Tucker poles for the employees?

Me too. Slx clx etc sounds confusing.

[llaczko]

@Adrian

I just got mine but am trying to figure out the best way to get that thing in the air. What has been your thechnique?

With either 6 or 7 sections attached and lying horizontal on the ground, I hold the bottom section at the end and midpoint, then pivot upwards. Lift with the midpoint hand and lower slightly with the endpoint hand, lifting slowly and steadily. There will be some flex until you are near vertical.

[llaczko]

@WoodysWindows

Oh sorry. I always get the SLX and the SL confused. So the really lite poles can snap just by extending them the wrong way? If I paid thousands of dollars I would almost scared to use a pole that could break if I opened it improperly.

So is this why everybody has Tucker poles for the employees?

Both the SL and SL-X are Gardiner’s SuperLite poles. The “X” is the designation for extension (the SL is sectional/modular, meaning one assembles it with pieces end-to-end.). The SL-X’s sections are of progressively smaller diameters and fit inside each other. When extended, the sections are secured in place – at any length one desires – with clamps.

[llaczko]

@Adrian

Me too. Slx clx etc sounds confusing.

The SL-X is carbon fiber; the CL-X is a combination of fiberglass and carbon fiber (less expensive; heavier; less rigid.)

[Adrian]

@llaczko

With either 6 or 7 sections attached and lying horizontal on the ground, I hold the bottom section at the end and midpoint, then pivot upwards. Lift with the midpoint hand and lower slightly with the endpoint hand, lifting slowly and steadily. There will be some flex until you are near vertical.

Thanks, ive got some practicing to do. The first time I tried lifting it fully extended but that wasnt going to happen. So I’ll try this technique.

[WoodysWindows]

@llaczko

Both the SL and SL-X are Gardiner’s SuperLite poles. The “X” is the designation for extension (the SL is sectional/modular, meaning one assembles it with pieces end-to-end.). The SL-X’s sections are of progressively smaller diameters and fit inside each other. When extended, the sections are secured in place – at any length one desires – with clamps.

cool. I always thought the X meant “X-treme” or something similar. So the SLX is telescopic then.

[WoodysWindows]

@llaczko

With either 6 or 7 sections attached and lying horizontal on the ground, I hold the bottom section at the end and midpoint, then pivot upwards. Lift with the midpoint hand and lower slightly with the endpoint hand, lifting slowly and steadily. There will be some flex until you are near vertical.

Wow, I didn’t realize they were strong enough to lift this way. So how does one snap a section? Just lifting it to quickly?

[llaczko]

@WoodysWindows

Wow, I didn’t realize they were strong enough to lift this way. So how does one snap a section? Just lifting it to quickly?

I doubt the issue with possible breakage has anything to do with lifting the length. Gardiner states that one shouldn’t use the SL at less than 30’ (I believe.). It’s engineered for strength at height, not extreme torque on sections 1 thru 6. I read one breakage story where the user was scrubbing with one or two sections horizontally between security bars, if memory serves.

[Matthew]

@llaczko

I doubt the issue with possible breakage has anything to do with lifting the length. Gardiner states that one shouldn’t use the SL at less than 30’ (I believe.). It’s engineered for strength at height, not extreme torque on sections 1 thru 6. I read one breakage story where the user was scrubbing with one or two sections horizontally between security bars, if memory serves.

The Super-light I was using snapped because I had all the sections together laying down,
put the base against the wall and tried to walk it up like I had always done with my Tucker.

Matthew

[llaczko]

@Matthew

The Super-light I was using snapped because I had all the sections together laying down,
put the base against the wall and tried to walk it up like I had always done with my Tucker.

“All the sections” meaning how many?

Where did the breakage occur on the pole?

I’ve never had any issue raising the pole from horizontal (per Gardiner’s instructions?) with either 6 or 7 sections.