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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Not cheap, $5,700 delivered. But
definitely cheaper than someone falling off a ladder near the end of the day
because they are tired. I should have said it’s also useful on two
story residentials with a steep pitch.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>robert ellison<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 12, 2009
9:49 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] solar
roof lift experience?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It is an interesting piece, can you tell us what it cost? Probably not
worth it on the small jobs but could be a back saver on the big ones. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Jeff Irish <<a
href="mailto:jeff@hvce.com">jeff@hvce.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi Geoff,<br>
<br>
We picked up one of them last fall. Kind of bulky, takes up a lot of<br>
truck space, and takes a full hour to set up. The angle of tilt for the<br>
top leg is limited, making it less than optimum for getting modules onto<br>
low pitched steel roofs. And the gear at the elbow used to set the tilt<br>
is a little soft and showing early wear. But for larger jobs with a<br>
larger crew it really moves the modules up safely and quickly in batches<br>
when you are ready for them on the roof. On those jobs I'm convinced<br>
it's a big fatigue reducer and safety and productivity improvement.<br>
Otherwise it is usually sitting in storage in the shop.<br>
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Jeff Irish, PE<br>
President<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hudson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Clean Energy, Inc.<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rhinebeck</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">12572</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
T.845.876.3767<br>
F.845.876.3912<br>
<a href="mailto:jeff@hvce.com">jeff@hvce.com</a><br>
Renewable Energy Systems<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>]
On Behalf Of Geoff<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greenfield</st1:place></st1:City><br>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:07 PM<br>
To: 'RE Marketing for home scale RE industry'; 'RE-wrenches'<br>
Subject: [RE-wrenches] solar roof lift experience?<br>
<br>
Hey gang- anyone have any success (or horror) stories with regard to<br>
panel lifting equipment? I have considered a home-brew cart on a<br>
ladder,<br>
looked at some products made for comp shingles, and saw some<br>
fancy-schmancy European stuff at the shows. Just today I was hit with a<br>
marketing email from this company:<br>
<br>
Check us out at: <<a href="http://www.boeckeramericas.com/"
target="_blank">http://www.boeckeramericas.com/</a>> BoeckerUSA.com<br>
<br>
Anyone been down this road?<br>
<br>
For a brighter energy future,<br>
<br>
Geoff Greenfield<br>
President<br>
<br>
Third Sun Solar & Wind Power Ltd.<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">340 West State street</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Unit 25<br>
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<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">45701</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
(740) 597-3111 fax: (740)597-1548<br>
<a href="http://www.third-sun.com/" target="_blank">www.third-sun.com</a><br>
<br>
Clean Energy - Expertly Installed<br>
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