Introducing Ropesafe a safe way to raise and lower all scaffolding materials using a gin wheel.
For hundreds of years scaffolders have been using the traditional method of tying up materials to pull up with a gin wheel using specific knots. Â This comes with the constant inherent risk of materials becoming loose and falling free.
Stuart Faulkner a scaffolder for 27 years had a “eureka” moment after witnessing a near miss involving scaffold tubes falling out of the rope at 40ft, narrowly missing members of the public below.
Stuart worked on his idea for 5 years and with the help from Presco Components Ropesafe was born.
After the years of development Ropesafe is at its lightest and strongest withstanding 300kg of weight during tests carried out by Concord Lifting company.
Ropesafe will fit nearly every scaffolding component by simply tightening using a normal scaffold spanner.
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Ropesafe ltd
Tel: 07791800039
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looks like a big ole waste of time tbh
Can’t’ we tie knots anymore?
Where do you hang your bucket ?
Stop giving tickets out in 2 days and and make it a trade we are getting to a stage where we can’t do the job with all the new rules and regulations we are going to finish up with a hole lot of incompetent scaffolders
Some1 tell me where da “DISLIKE” box is
To slow!
Holy! What a waste of time that rig is.
Proper knots. Care taken to make sure they are snug.
Don’t try and do 5+ tubes at a time. Use the right knots for the right material.
Way to slow and someone in a rush won’t tighten on the plank enough, snag on the way up and a plank then rushing to the ground.
Don’t like it at all.
Learn your proper knots, teach the proper knots.
That’s a joke lol……,
Looks like it belongs in the bedroom not on site lol
looks overloaded already,more parts can fail,the present system works if people are trained in its use & knots are taught properly
It would be tea time by the time they’ve worked out how to use that!!
Only if ya never got trained to tie ur knots properly
Lift ur game
It’s all part of the job we learn tying knots and pulling up lifting if its organised properly thes no probs just 2 many dicks saying u cnt do this or that leave us 2 it!
All very well but that means only three fives at a time, and then you have to undo the clips, don’t get me started on the boards, it’s gonna dent the hell out of them. You only have to show someone a couple of times how to tie off and their away, Christ my six year old daughter would be able to tie off after one lesson. As a dragon would say ‘that’s the reason why I’m out’
Has no one thought this could come in handy.
Long walk- labourer locks off.. scaffs carry on until tube required then there it is waiting for them.. While nobby keeps walking
8 lifts+ ally handrail 3 at a time
Not great for general work but could play a small part from time to time…
whats that POS weigh?
Then we tie this contraption on a rope
Rope and wheel shud b baned hand to hand saftests option.
No good on a price ,lol
No No No
Wtf
Bit time consuming
Lol these comments have there pros and cons…
Fact is tubes have become loose even tied by the more experienced scaffs
I’m sure there is a answer to the problem but not sure this is it
Modern day scaffs are open to suggestions not like the old school bashers lol
Rolling hitch has never failed me yet don’t like this idea at all
This would cause more harm then good ..could see this getting snagged on everthing on way !!
Knots are the safest and fastest way! Used throughout the world for all jobs! This is a hair brained money making scheme for wacko health and safety nuts! Sometimes old is best!
The answer is defo not rope safe
Tom Hallman
Has to be a wind up lads…..has to be.
If they ever bring this into scaffolding, al b looking for a new profession. Worst idea ever.
Is it April.
look more like something out of a torture chamber
Shite only good for Winnie the real deal boothe he can’t tie knots
Old skool big arms no brain jimmy CS.
Agree Sean ferns, a stupid idea. Tying on is so much faster.
what next robot arms for handball.. go go gadget arms… :-/
Dumbest thing ever learn to tie ur knots and it won’t fail helps with the proper rope too just saying
Take forever to get the kit down, stick to hand balling it…….
on this note your fired…..
Richard Challis
Is it April 1st ! You’re avin a bubble .
How would u break that in over a hrail
Still extra weight as well ..hard enough as it is without crap that that , and as someone said pulling in the gear would be a mare , ya gotta stand there hold it why you undo each fitting , I think is more dangerous than what they have thought out , obviously not a scaff has designed this , just you’d just have a pic of a rope …
Also, this would be way better with wedge clamps for weight and speed.
Len Len J Bryden
Rob Rob Wetherell. Lol
LMFAO!!! Good one!
Total wast of time
Knew that. was just wondering how the gadget would do it being as it states all scaffolding materials.
I think the boards go inside. Still a ridiculous invention though.
Still no good for pulling up tins
When you look at how this works. We had a similar accident here in Calgary. Clamp went through the hard hat and the piece folded in and gave my apprentice 5 stitches and a headache
Use a band and loop for tins
Wot about ci sheets for temp roofs.?
Kelly Harding
Stephen Brazil
Don’t fix something that’s not broken, hundreds of years is the clue here.
take too long won’t hold what u want too and it would drive u mad by lunch
Can you fit 2 boards in there ……
Repeatedly tying and untying nuts threads the bolts very quicky
Geez a rope any day! April fools day’s been!! lol
yer what you need make it heavier epic fail
Triple like for paul coughlans comment
like to see ya get a bucket of fitting up on that too ..or did they forget you need then as well , as well as boards etc , crap …
LOL.
Paul Jones what’s next?
Good idea but where you gonna fix the other 2 fives to ……. looks like youll have to do a rolling hitch for the other 2 lol
rubbish.just like drills.
That would be hard work getting gear over the hand rail and in tight spots
Waste of time
Like the idea. But it will take to long . Il stick to tying , easier and quicker
hundreds of years exactly so stop trying to change things……
What extra wieght to pull up nah can’t see that catching on …