1985 FSPG Bristol Docks. Can anybody explain the operation of the rear frame to get the heavy ladder off the roof. An early version of the Angus Sacol beam gantry?
Hi, those Merryweather ladders were very heavy. The ladder was pulled back and the head of the ladder engaged in the gantry, which then lowered it to near the ground. When stowing the ladder, you placed the head in the gantry and springs inside the gantry helped to lift the ladder to roof level.
ha ha. A photo of my old Bedford J WTL down at the Docks in Bristol, last seen outside the Chubb Fire depot at Taff Wells Nr Cardiff after I sold it to Chubb for Dry riser testing
Added by Barrie Green on 01 December 2009.