- The Ledger is designed to be used with a pole
with a wooden cone adapter. It works well with certain other poles except
those with the thin plastic cones.
- A rule of thumb concerning the size Ledger to use
on a particular job, is the distance a window is set back from the face of
the building and the height of the glass. A sixteen-inch Ledger will reach
over an 6" ledge 20 feet up, but not a 10" ledge. But the sixteen would
easily handle a 10" ledge, 8 feet up. I use a sixteen inch Ledger on
second story jobs with windows that are flush to the surface of the
building. The Ledger provides a better dynamic pressure on the glass.
- The Swivel Ledger has a plastic part that can and
will break if you over stress it. It is designed as an above the shoulder
tool when using it on a pole. It will work moving laterally on lower
windows but you cannot let the angle of pole in relation to the glass, the
grow beyond 45 degrees. When using the Swivel as a hand held tool ,and it
is excellent for this, just make sure you move your hand further up the
handle grip to towards the elbow on your final stroke. This reduces the
possibility of breaking the plastic elbow. I have used a Swivel for five
years without ever breaking the elbow, you just have to use care.
- Model CTL 9 is an excellent ergo tool. It totally
eliminates the stress on the wrist and hand on the ending stroke. This
over torque and stretching the muscles and nerves in the hand is one of
the causatives of repetitive motion problems.
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