Scaffolds with no braces

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Just started on a new firm where they dont like to use normal bracing but these stupid pinchrod type transoms, The yardman looked at me a bit gone out when i asked why theres no 8ft tubes on the lorry for braces!
cant teach an old dog new tricks i suppose.......
 
Ready locks , dog bones as they are called dont need braces , i cant stand them personally
 
Bones and Reds i know them as.
They aint great... but i do find it easy to base out with them. :blink1:
 
Call them transom units in the midlands don't like them my self but If you are on your own and you need to kick a job of they are handy I just lay them on the floor put the ledgers in them and away you go the standards hold with no problems,an instant kicker lift.
 
allan666 said:
posted this plenty times but no designer will do you a drawing with no braces in .
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Is that a recent policy ?

We had a drawing done last March for a block of flats that had no braces ( except facade/sway/wind braces ) .

Scaffold was 9 lifts high , approx 80ft ( 2.7 m lifts ) 16m x 19m , fully boarded and debris netted . We had 24 x hilti ties per lift . All erected using 5 brd transom units.
 
Have the 5 brd transoms got another name as in (bones ) if so they don't have to be raykerd so I've herd

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topscaff said:
Is that a recent policy ?

We had a drawing done last March for a block of flats that had no braces ( except facade/sway/wind braces ) .

Scaffold was 9 lifts high , approx 80ft ( 2.7 m lifts ) 16m x 19m , fully boarded and debris netted . We had 24 x hilti ties per lift . All erected using 5 brd transom units.
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24 X Hilti ties a lift :eek: the building must have looked like a dart board when the scaffold came down
 
are them dreaded things still about........i think i still have the hole in my shoulder blade from when i first started labouring......so many times i put them down.....bending my knees, slightly leaning forward with a straight back, lower the front to the floor then WHACK the bloody nut !!!!!! :/ my back is OK following the method of lifting scaffold material :)
 
Alrite kevin,you in Liverpool or Doha? Problem with these bones is the integrity of the weld. In time they will need to be checked on a regular basis. On reading Phillios post,seems loadsa ties required.
 
In Doha.............am not a fan of them, if was buying material i wouldn't spend a penny on them....I think you will only get them in the UK anyhow :)
 
For T&F scaffs,advantage may be in providing a working platform without ledger bracing clogging working area.
 
good point frederik, however tg20 now gives you guide lines on removing ledger bracing for a working platform.....so yes we can put them in the skip :)
 
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