I have been following fred for years now,....and regardless of safety harnesses..this takes balls of steel...fred would be very proud of you.respect to you all.
People that can do this are like mythical creatures to me. I'm in awe really. I'm so far from being able to handle heights, but also fascinated by watching.
I used to do this a long time ago. It’s very scary the first few times but after a while you forget about the height and just get on with the job. I’m very glad I don’t have to go up a ladder again now though.
It’s not the fall that kills ya, it’s the sudden stop. The commentary on dibnah and lack of safety gear is what makes the vids, but let’s be reasonable, the people that do this have some pretty big ones.
@@stephenrobb9309 The point of "It’s not the fall that kills ya, it’s the sudden stop." is that you should wear the proper safety gear. If you fall at such height then you need a fall arrester which gardually tears until you come to a full stop. People acting cool by skipping safety still have a life lesson to learn, the hard way. Sure it's amazing to watch the videos of Fred Dibnah but it doesn't convince me that labour is worth giving up your entire life.
I’m with you on that!! all I had to do was drill a hole through top of drain pipe to attach it to gutter, I flew up the ladder thinking this is fuck all , until I looked down and my fucking arse went🤣🤣 called my mate🙄
Tip: You can use 7 meters of 50mm PVC pipe with a 180 degree bend (4x 45 degrees) on the end, and a shopvac at the other end, to vacuum out your gutters while standing safely on the ground 🙂 Optionally attach some camera at the 180 degree bend which you can watch from below so you can see what you're doing.
I couldn’t agree more, Fred was a bloody legend and look were he got after all those years climbing chimneys with out elf and safety, he was his own elf and safety officer and that stood him in good stead for all his years climbing chimney’ and church towers.
I'm glad somebody does this, and I'm glad that somebody isn't me. A 34' extension ladder is all I can do, or all I want to do. Much respect for those brave enough to do these necessary tasks.
When I started roofing 33 years ago I loved being up high even getting a thrill from working on church roofs. I had a project three years ago where I was working out of a 150’ lift with my work being 130’ above ground. Needless to say it took about a week to get acclimated, these guys are a special bunch.
I wish people would stop bringing Fred Dibna into these video's, sure I was a big follower of Fred and the man was an absolute legend with balls of steel, but he worked in a different era, the world has changed a lot since Fred was at his peak for better and worse in many regards. But these young men here are doing a fine job, so what if they have harnesses and fall arrest, at least they have a fighting chance at the end of the day of getting home to loved ones, many a steeplejack has met as Fred would have called it " A morning with the undertaker" which could have been avoided with proper safety systems in place. Interesting that the techniques that Fred applied are still used today with regards to laddering a chimney, the materials my be different Aluminium vs wood, wire bonds vs rope but the principles are still the same.
regfenster Thank you 🙏🏻 You have summed it up in one! Appreciate your comment. Yes, the technique is pretty much the same as before. Some Steeplejacks still use rope & wooden ladders but for us it’s wire ropes & ali ladders. Thanks again for your kind comment!
Your welcome, I recall when I was doing my scaffolders tickets at Bircham Newton at the CITB training centre the steeplejacks were in the same hanger doing their courses inside or outside on the custom built chimney, nice bunch of lads
@@dawsonsteeplejacksltd9946 I came here after seeing the "how to ladder a chimney". What a bunch of maniacs, how TF. I enjoyed this video. It made me very sweaty with anxiety lol.
How do they get the ladders up? I find all of this fascinating as I used to be a carpenter and often did the high and heavy work...mind you 100 feet was high for me
I just called over my nurse to check my diapers... I already had an accident yesterday watching Fred do this. Just watch... now she's going to shut off the internet!
This film reminds me of why I never wanted to be a steeplejack, an arborist, steel erector or crane operator. Terra firma is good for me. Brave men 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great video guys ! As a painter I work off tall ladders all the time , with a 32' as my tallest . Their is no way on earth I could do what they are doing ! I don't care how much safety gear you give Me , Im not going up that high ! A 3 story house is my limit to safely work ! These guys have nerves of steel ! Steeplejacks are thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies !
As a roofer for thirty years I agree been up some hights but u wouldn't get me.up there was anybody else holding their breath when they got to the top respect
I've always wanted to do this sort of stuff. I thought I'd make a great arborist until I climbed my 4 meter ladder to cut down a branch, looked down and damn near pissed myself. Quite disappointing to be honest.
As you speak of your experiences with climbing ladders and not being comfortable it brings me to the time when I began my long Cline to the top of 40 and 60 ft ladders but I realize it just doesn't happen at once your courage is slowly built over years and years I can remember the first time that I got on the center of a 40 foot ladder that's only 20 feet up and the way that thing rocked rolled and just collapsed in itself was enough to shake you
1:17 I can feel the blind panic raging through my body when I only see that piece of video. I would have to stop myself from jumping off. People with the same fear of heights will understand what I mean :-)
That's why God/evolution /nature/nurture or whatever your into?! seeded that fear into your brain..without it you'd be dead already lol. Seriously though isn't it weird how seeing others high up triggers the exact same response as if it was you.. often worse because it isn't! It truly is all in the head like Robert said above. What ever you believe the human brain is immensely complex! I have a fear of heights from climbing to the VERY top of a tree at about six years old..I didn't look down until I got to the top when I did look down I froze stiff with panic. Maybe you had a similar experience.. not with a tree necessarily or maybe it's just an inbuilt fear?
Jump off? Suicidal much? Lol! More like have muscles lock up from death gripping the equipment due to being gripped. Gripped, for those who may not know, is a climbers term for when fear paralyses one.
Safety has come a long way in the past 35 years here in the States. Mostly because of Insurance companies. All & All it's a good thing. It used to just be accepted that every once in awhile someone was going to get killed, or severely injured on the job. Although tradesmen were resistant to the reforms and resented white collar, office chair jockeys sticking their noses into their work place culture. The risk and danger was a point of pride.
Times have changed . No insurance company would insure his firm without getting certified and putting it to use. How does not wearing harness make you real man. Dumbest comment I have ever heard
Dibnah's safety protocol was 5 pints of beer and smoking tabs on a shaky ladder. It was jaw dropping......still brilliant bloke. With all the ropes etc it still takes bottle.
The way you ran up that ladder reminded of the old joke about two bulls up on a hill where the young bull told the old bull “Let’s run down there and have our way with those pretty cows down there.” And the old bull said “Let’s WALK down there and have our way with those pretty cows down there.” Ah to be young again. :)
Just popped on here to see how things have changed since Fred. You can still see same similar techniques for the ladders but far safer thank goodness. They should make a new series following someone like yourselves and comparing it to Fred
I realy enjoyed watching your film. I used to climb up Fred's chimnies years ago, it was great fun. This chimney is quite a baby one, a lucky survivor with it's original top. I have never seen aluminium ladders used for this job before, are they ok? A discipline of Freds was never to hold onto the rungs. Rungs in wooden ladders have been know to sort of snap off when one grabs them I was told. That would be rather bad news ! Freds old ladders were in good nick but this was one of his ways. You lot grabbing onto the ladder rungs made me cringe. Good luck to you & be safe..Cheers ! M.
Fantastic Stuff !. As a layman, I was curious to see the Chap climbing and holding onto the rungs. In Eric Newbys book “The Last Grain Race”, about one of the last large Square Rigged Ships, The Mate Told Him “ If you want to live hold on to the shrouds and leave the B--dy Ratlines alone !. Fred always seemed to hold the Ladder sides. Is this just a matter of preference ?. Kind Regards From Scotland.
That’s a balls’y job when you know that one mistake will be your last. What I think takes the most amount of guts is when their actually setting up the main runs for the others to run up with a harness, knowing my luck I’d find the only loose bed joint!!
@@dawsonsteeplejacksltd9946 No, thanks to you for filming it, it's great to watch.. I always wondered if I could have done something like that when i was younger but not sure if I'd have been brave enough. Highest I've ever been was 33m lighting towers at the port of felixstowe when we refurbed the lighting on them several years ago... The older towers were a straight climb on a vertical ladder with no intermediate landing platforms and no harness (probably mid 90's) but they did have hoops.. I seemed to be ok with those until one tower I did by myself at the end of the job... The wind and rain picked up while i was up there and I struggled to get the courage to lift the hatch on the working platform and get back onto the ladder... eventually I realised that I couldn't stay up there all night and would have to make a break for it :-).. How tall was that if you don't mind me asking?
@@stoufer2000 I’m glad you and others enjoy watching them. I think one of the most important things is to trust your equipment and the person(s) that you are with. I couldn’t imagine how you must have felt, that couldn’t have been a nice feeling. I would think around 50m but the overhang at the top pushed us off about 1.8m! The biggest overhang that I’ve done!
I remember when we were at the top, we climbed up the back of the ladder and looked away from the chimney…. I haven’t ever done anything that gave the buzz that did that day. You just looked down and could see the ladders unless you looked far enough under 😅
@@dawsonsteeplejacksltd9946 lol, overhangs.... i really cant imagine that! Not sure why, but youtube seems to have been pushing the John Noakes/Nelsons column video recently, haha, that really made me smile watching him climb that in what looed to be cuban heel slip on shoes and bell bottom jeans... Mad... anyway, keep doing what you do and take care... new subscriber here...
Nothing from experience ever looks as high until you are at that height. Then it hits you.The old steelworkers on skyscrapers apparently adjusted to new heights as they slowly built upwards.I do however find a vertical ladder quite threatening. A lot of strength needed in the arms.If your arms start going to jelly its going to be a bad day.
I spent a few years working in structural steel, never used any type of harnesses. I'm guessing just 15 years or so later I'd never get away with that.........It was kinda fun for a few years in my 20s and 30s but I'll let others do it today. Nothing against the trade, it's just life is only so long and I didn't want to do the same thing for a lifetime.
I know nothing about steeplejacking but the first thing that struck me was the Fred Dibnah used to climb ladders by holding onto the sides whereas you use the rungs to hold on too. Is there a difference in technique in modern times?
My Dad was a builder and always said hold the rungs, the reason being if you hold the sides and the ladder slips and hits the ground you lose your fingers. I like your handle!
Hi David, yes it’s very similar to how Fred would have done it. We mostly use stainless drop in anchors rather than the “dogs” as these can be left in the building and reused multiple times.
@@Goldenrod01 Basically they have to hang backwards and somehow lock their feet into the rungs as they climp outwards over the overhang? I get a nasty little shiver down my arms these days when watching videos of people climbing over great drops.
@@rosewhite--- pretty much, watch this video at the 2:50 mark to see Fred climbing an overhang with no ropes. In fact, the whole video is worth watching. th-cam.com/video/KeL8TwdiL5Y/w-d-xo.html I don’t know how people can do stuff like that, I even feel shaky looking up at high things.
@@rosewhite--- Thats the only bit I would have a problem with is the overhang. I have seen some of Fred Dibnahs jobs with these. Not for me. No problem me climbing the height if straight up
Fred dibnahs way of working was more Interseting to watch because of its utter madness. In a modern age. Now safety is the most important or its half a day out with the undertaker. Any1 doing that job has my respect and I do not envy them
Respects to all steeplejacks, ironworkers and tower crane operators everywhere
I felt dizzy sitting down watching this.
" Hey. Carefully , slowly Scoot over and make some room."
Totally agree - Since the age of thirty - After my fall from a ladder, I have lost all ability to climb beyond the fifth step of anything.
Old ironworker here
. I love these videos. Hard working people
Just imagine doing this job with no safety rope like they use to😮
Mega respect to all these brave, hard working men.
I have been following fred for years now,....and regardless of safety harnesses..this takes balls of steel...fred would be very proud of you.respect to you all.
🙏🏻🙏🏻
People that can do this are like mythical creatures to me. I'm in awe really. I'm so far from being able to handle heights, but also fascinated by watching.
Its like a moth to a lightbulb
I used to do this a long time ago. It’s very scary the first few times but after a while you forget about the height and just get on with the job. I’m very glad I don’t have to go up a ladder again now though.
You get used to it.
honestly the sweat pouring from my hands😂
Nice to see a modern version of how Fred Dibnah climbed.Nice to see safety harnesses.
I used to close my eyes when Fred went up.
As Fred once said: "safety harnesses, I'd probably trip over the bloody things."
Better than half a day out with the undertaker...😉
It’s not the fall that kills ya, it’s the sudden stop. The commentary on dibnah and lack of safety gear is what makes the vids, but let’s be reasonable, the people that do this have some pretty big ones.
@@stephenrobb9309 The point of "It’s not the fall that kills ya, it’s the sudden stop." is that you should wear the proper safety gear. If you fall at such height then you need a fall arrester which gardually tears until you come to a full stop. People acting cool by skipping safety still have a life lesson to learn, the hard way. Sure it's amazing to watch the videos of Fred Dibnah but it doesn't convince me that labour is worth giving up your entire life.
I once went up to clean my gutters. Looked down and thought fuck that I’ll pay someone. Have done ever since
I’m with you on that!! all I had to do was drill a hole through top of drain pipe to attach it to gutter, I flew up the ladder thinking this is fuck all , until I looked down and my fucking arse went🤣🤣 called my mate🙄
Tip: You can use 7 meters of 50mm PVC pipe with a 180 degree bend (4x 45 degrees) on the end, and a shopvac at the other end, to vacuum out your gutters while standing safely on the ground 🙂 Optionally attach some camera at the 180 degree bend which you can watch from below so you can see what you're doing.
Fred dibnah would be proud of these lads ... brave men
I couldn’t agree more, Fred was a bloody legend and look were he got after all those years climbing chimneys with out elf and safety, he was his own elf and safety officer and that stood him in good stead for all his years climbing chimney’ and church towers.
I'm glad somebody does this, and I'm glad that somebody isn't me.
A 34' extension ladder is all I can do, or all I want to do.
Much respect for those brave enough to do these necessary tasks.
Yes, I agree. Its a good man that knows his limitations!
When I started roofing 33 years ago I loved being up high even getting a thrill from working on church roofs. I had a project three years ago where I was working out of a 150’ lift with my work being 130’ above ground. Needless to say it took about a week to get acclimated, these guys are a special bunch.
Its balls of steel to do this work .
The power line boys deserve the same respect.
Fred would’ve loved this he would be straight up there, hang on Fred have you got your harness on what’s a harness and he’d be gone
Haha he sure would be! Those were the days!
Imagine the masons who put them up, much respect.
I wish people would stop bringing Fred Dibna into these video's, sure I was a big follower of Fred and the man was an absolute legend with balls of steel, but he worked in a different era, the world has changed a lot since Fred was at his peak for better and worse in many regards. But these young men here are doing a fine job, so what if they have harnesses and fall arrest, at least they have a fighting chance at the end of the day of getting home to loved ones, many a steeplejack has met as Fred would have called it " A morning with the undertaker" which could have been avoided with proper safety systems in place.
Interesting that the techniques that Fred applied are still used today with regards to laddering a chimney, the materials my be different Aluminium vs wood, wire bonds vs rope but the principles are still the same.
regfenster Thank you 🙏🏻 You have summed it up in one! Appreciate your comment.
Yes, the technique is pretty much the same as before.
Some Steeplejacks still use rope & wooden ladders but for us it’s wire ropes & ali ladders.
Thanks again for your kind comment!
Your welcome, I recall when I was doing my scaffolders tickets at Bircham Newton at the CITB training centre the steeplejacks were in the same hanger doing their courses inside or outside on the custom built chimney, nice bunch of lads
regfenster That’s right, they still do it there!
@@dawsonsteeplejacksltd9946 I came here after seeing the "how to ladder a chimney". What a bunch of maniacs, how TF.
I enjoyed this video. It made me very sweaty with anxiety lol.
How do they get the ladders up? I find all of this fascinating as I used to be a carpenter and often did the high and heavy work...mind you 100 feet was high for me
I just called over my nurse to check my diapers... I already had an accident yesterday watching Fred do this. Just watch... now she's going to shut off the internet!
Good video of you two at work, looked a nice day for it.
Respect from a tower technician (bulb changer)🗼
Good old Fred did this after 6 pints and a cheese butty no ropes or anything lol what a guy 👏
fred would do it on a windy day
I was shitting myself just watching this. You guys have got some guts. Bravo. 👍👍👍
Brilliant, more of these please, I keep in mind the brave souls that put this up in the first place.
This film reminds me of why I never wanted to be a steeplejack, an arborist, steel erector or crane operator. Terra firma is good for me. Brave men 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great video guys ! As a painter I work off tall ladders all the time , with a 32' as my tallest . Their is no way on earth I could do what they are doing ! I don't care how much safety gear you give Me , Im not going up that high ! A 3 story house is my limit to safely work ! These guys have nerves of steel ! Steeplejacks are thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies !
As a roofer for thirty years I agree been up some hights but u wouldn't get me.up there was anybody else holding their breath when they got to the top respect
I wouldn't trust the masonary...
U guys got balls fair play what a view from the top👍
I've always wanted to do this sort of stuff. I thought I'd make a great arborist until I climbed my 4 meter ladder to cut down a branch, looked down and damn near pissed myself. Quite disappointing to be honest.
As you speak of your experiences with climbing ladders and not being comfortable it brings me to the time when I began my long Cline to the top of 40 and 60 ft ladders but I realize it just doesn't happen at once your courage is slowly built over years and years I can remember the first time that I got on the center of a 40 foot ladder that's only 20 feet up and the way that thing rocked rolled and just collapsed in itself was enough to shake you
Most of the guys who do tree work in the mid Atlantic are Iron Workers, acclimated to heights.
At least you gave it a shot, my man.
These guys deserve more credit than they get ❤
I just pooped my pants standing in my home office.
1:17 I can feel the blind panic raging through my body when I only see that piece of video. I would have to stop myself from jumping off. People with the same fear of heights will understand what I mean :-)
Ewout Honig I couldn't agree more about having to stop yourself jumping off, I would be the same.
@@roberttilton7927 why though
@@davidm3maniac201 it's all in the head.
That's why God/evolution /nature/nurture or whatever your into?! seeded that fear into your brain..without it you'd be dead already lol. Seriously though isn't it weird how seeing others high up triggers the exact same response as if it was you.. often worse because it isn't! It truly is all in the head like Robert said above. What ever you believe the human brain is immensely complex! I have a fear of heights from climbing to the VERY top of a tree at about six years old..I didn't look down until I got to the top when I did look down I froze stiff with panic. Maybe you had a similar experience.. not with a tree necessarily or maybe it's just an inbuilt fear?
Jump off? Suicidal much? Lol! More like have muscles lock up from death gripping the equipment due to being gripped. Gripped, for those who may not know, is a climbers term for when fear paralyses one.
Safety has come a long way in the past 35 years here in the States. Mostly because of Insurance companies. All & All it's a good thing. It used to just be accepted that every once in awhile someone was going to get killed, or severely injured on the job. Although tradesmen were resistant to the reforms and resented white collar, office chair jockeys sticking their noses into their work place culture. The risk and danger was a point of pride.
Respect to these men, we know so much more about them, thanks to the great Fred dibnah...... 😇👍
Make a well known phrase from the following words: "Way", "Sodding" and "No".
🤣🤣🤣 It's safer than it looks and bloody good fun.
And Fred did it all with no safety rope . He was a real man
He did it first in the dark with no safety harness for a bet.
Times have changed . No insurance company would insure his firm without getting certified and putting it to use.
How does not wearing harness make you real man. Dumbest comment I have ever heard
The graveyards are full of “real men”.
As you sit in your basement and hire someone to clean your gutters out you because you are to scared to go up 10' you twat..
Great work guys, Fred would be proud.
Madness.! I went up a ladder to put cameras up on my house and it didn't suit me lol... this though, next level. Not for me. You have my respect
Whatever you chaps get paid, it's not enough. My legs are jelly just watching ;-)
The pay is not as good as you think we do it for the love of the job you got to see a lot of the country and in some cases the world
It is with many tough and dangerous jobs, never payed enough wile people sit on there ass whole day many times get payed more it is a sick world
My phone is almost slipping out my sweaty palms lol
@@dezsomerfield I can't understand that - surely there are so few of you that you can largely charge what you like?!
No way I could do that,!! I feel I'll watching him climb, lol
John Easton 😂😂
my hands always sweat whenever, i watch people like you guys climb chimneys, my hands and my feet sweat when i watch Fred lol
Dibnah's safety protocol was 5 pints of beer and smoking tabs on a shaky ladder. It was jaw dropping......still brilliant bloke. With all the ropes etc it still takes bottle.
The way you ran up that ladder reminded of the old joke about two bulls up on a hill where the young bull told the old bull “Let’s run down there and have our way with those pretty cows down there.” And the old bull said “Let’s WALK down there and have our way with those pretty cows down there.” Ah to be young again. :)
Yogi Beer
The punch line is ...
Let’s walk down and fuck them all!!!
How the hell can this guy climb so high with the weight of his balls underneath him?? One brave man!!
Jesus :) hats off and fair play to you!!
The palm sweat watching this is real
Nice lightening rod you climb up on.
Just popped on here to see how things have changed since Fred. You can still see same similar techniques for the ladders but far safer thank goodness. They should make a new series following someone like yourselves and comparing it to Fred
I feel ill just watching it much respect 👏
This is the first time I've needed a change of underwear after watching a video on TH-cam.!.. 😲😱
I realy enjoyed watching your film. I used to climb up Fred's chimnies years ago, it was great fun. This chimney is quite a baby one, a lucky survivor with it's original top. I have never seen aluminium ladders used for this job before, are they ok? A discipline of Freds was never to hold onto the rungs. Rungs in wooden ladders have been know to sort of snap off when one grabs them I was told. That would be rather bad news ! Freds old ladders were in good nick but this was one of his ways. You lot grabbing onto the ladder rungs made me cringe. Good luck to you & be safe..Cheers ! M.
Fred would be spinning in his grave looking at that ladder work!
How much rpm?
Fantastic Stuff !. As a layman, I was curious to see the Chap climbing and holding onto the rungs.
In Eric Newbys book “The Last Grain Race”, about one of the last large Square Rigged Ships, The Mate Told Him “ If you want to live hold on to the shrouds and leave the B--dy Ratlines alone !.
Fred always seemed to hold the Ladder sides. Is this just a matter of preference ?. Kind Regards From Scotland.
Hi John, it’s just preference and what he felt was the easiest going up and down for two weeks!
If I remember correctly, Fred commented on this. Paraphrasing, “you can miss a rung, but the sides are always there.”
Never known anybody climb a ladder like this.
I cannot climb a stepladder without being sick
Good on you for using that rope grab and not relying on the previous steeplejacks anchor points. Nice climb!
The sweat off me feet wheww, good work.
Spent 6 yrs doing industrial rope access. This brings back memories. Not good ones either.
Insane heights. Full respect Boys
Not a patch on Fred Dibnah,with ya fancy newfangle steel ladder bars and dynamite!🤣
I actually get nauseous just watching this! LOL
That’s a balls’y job when you know that one mistake will be your last.
What I think takes the most amount of guts is when their actually setting up the main runs for the others to run up with a harness, knowing my luck I’d find the only loose bed joint!!
How the hell do you get onto the 1st ladder when coming down from the top on that small roof? Shimmy down? Balls of bloody steel!!
Can you imagine fred dibnah if he had a go pro some of the stuff he did wow !
Light weight ladders, safety harness, helmets. Still terrifying.
spectacular video.. thanks for sharing
Your welcome!
@@dawsonsteeplejacksltd9946 No, thanks to you for filming it, it's great to watch.. I always wondered if I could have done something like that when i was younger but not sure if I'd have been brave enough. Highest I've ever been was 33m lighting towers at the port of felixstowe when we refurbed the lighting on them several years ago... The older towers were a straight climb on a vertical ladder with no intermediate landing platforms and no harness (probably mid 90's) but they did have hoops.. I seemed to be ok with those until one tower I did by myself at the end of the job... The wind and rain picked up while i was up there and I struggled to get the courage to lift the hatch on the working platform and get back onto the ladder... eventually I realised that I couldn't stay up there all night and would have to make a break for it :-).. How tall was that if you don't mind me asking?
@@stoufer2000 I’m glad you and others enjoy watching them.
I think one of the most important things is to trust your equipment and the person(s) that you are with.
I couldn’t imagine how you must have felt, that couldn’t have been a nice feeling.
I would think around 50m but the overhang at the top pushed us off about 1.8m! The biggest overhang that I’ve done!
I remember when we were at the top, we climbed up the back of the ladder and looked away from the chimney…. I haven’t ever done anything that gave the buzz that did that day. You just looked down and could see the ladders unless you looked far enough under 😅
@@dawsonsteeplejacksltd9946 lol, overhangs.... i really cant imagine that! Not sure why, but youtube seems to have been pushing the John Noakes/Nelsons column video recently, haha, that really made me smile watching him climb that in what looed to be cuban heel slip on shoes and bell bottom jeans... Mad... anyway, keep doing what you do and take care... new subscriber here...
I would like to have seen a video of the building of one of these things. Can’t imagine working that high.
Would be nice but photography was hardly invented let alone film cameras. From drawings someone may be able to do an animation.
Nothing from experience ever looks as high until you are at that height. Then it hits you.The old steelworkers on skyscrapers apparently adjusted to new heights as they slowly built upwards.I do however find a vertical ladder quite threatening. A lot of strength needed in the arms.If your arms start going to jelly its going to be a bad day.
This is where Superman could really make a good living.
There's only one way to steeple jack and that's old big Fred the D
Hemp rope and wooden ladders
Return to Fred
Fred knew the way
what would Fred Dibnah say....harnesses, zip lines and carabiners! Mind you, it's the only way you'd get me up a height like that!
Ha ha, wearing no harnesses are long gone I’m afraid!
@TheJR1948 actually in USA theres a Government Agency that will fine and arrest u for not wearing them! I'm very sure the UK is similar
@@mikehikes710 yes the H.S E
Health and safety Executive
Brave guys doing a difficult and noble job.
Glad to see this is still happening.
good video, just a bit worried about climbing holding onto the rungs, not the side rails, if a rung came off!.
I spent a few years working in structural steel, never used any type of harnesses. I'm guessing just 15 years or so later I'd never get away with that.........It was kinda fun for a few years in my 20s and 30s but I'll let others do it today. Nothing against the trade, it's just life is only so long and I didn't want to do the same thing for a lifetime.
Massive respect to these guys
👊🏻
Watching these steeple jacks makes me squirm in my chair with horror ! After 20 foot up a ladder l’d be stuck with fright !
I climbed a water tower back in the day. It was 80ft high and that was enough for me!
Jesus some monster balls these lads have
I know nothing about steeplejacking but the first thing that struck me was the Fred Dibnah used to climb ladders by holding onto the sides whereas you use the rungs to hold on too. Is there a difference in technique in modern times?
My Dad was a builder and always said hold the rungs, the reason being if you hold the sides and the ladder slips and hits the ground you lose your fingers. I like your handle!
Would be interested how you put the ladders up.... I’ve seen the Fred Dibnah vids..... Is it the same method?
Big respects👍
Hi David, yes it’s very similar to how Fred would have done it. We mostly use stainless drop in anchors rather than the “dogs” as these can be left in the building and reused multiple times.
@@dawsonsteeplejacksltd9946 Do you get them tested. Our anchors have to be tested every 6 months.
Man alive !
Fair play to these lads. Respect from my bandstand and scaff boards on 3 Mt ceiling
Fred on the over hangs was scary
Respect to you pal nerves of steel
I was just watching a 1973 tv documentary about Dawson Steeplejacks.
Good god, my legs felt queasy just watching
What’s the problem with aluminium ladders over wooden ones? Damn cold on the hands, especially in winter!
You missed that first question when he got to the top - "I thought you had the hammer and bolster....?"
😂😂😂
Fuck that! Even with Harnesses on 😳
Big respect, you must have Big cahoona’s Chaps🧐
I would literally 💩 myself passed the 6th Rung😩
Thanks now I need counseling.
Deliberate perches on those rungs. No mucking about.
Big respect to you brave blokes... not for wobbly legged people like me 😊
Hats off to you lads .Stay safe.
My feet are tingling with nerves. Not scared of heights if up high and save, but not a chance on earth I would dare climb up a chimney etc.
I was constipated when I started watching this video,------- not anymore!!!!!!
Although being a bouncer I must say 20 foot up that ladder I would be screening and crying like a 2 year old unable to go up or down
😂😂😂😂it takes a real man to admit it
What's being a bouncer got to do with anything?
Phew, you boys earn your money!!
There's no doubt Fred Dibnah was a respected steeple jack of an era gone. Now the new generation carry the torch of this high risk profession.
I just thought about how they get over the overhang at the top and they would just hang on and I felt really queasy!
You will feel even sicker when you watch the videos of Fred dibnah doing this on even higher chimneys... with no safety harness or rope
@@Goldenrod01 Basically they have to hang backwards and somehow lock their feet into the rungs as they climp outwards over the overhang?
I get a nasty little shiver down my arms these days when watching videos of people climbing over great drops.
@@rosewhite--- pretty much, watch this video at the 2:50 mark to see Fred climbing an overhang with no ropes. In fact, the whole video is worth watching. th-cam.com/video/KeL8TwdiL5Y/w-d-xo.html I don’t know how people can do stuff like that, I even feel shaky looking up at high things.
@@rosewhite--- Thats the only bit I would have a problem with is the overhang. I have seen some of Fred Dibnahs jobs with these. Not for me.
No problem me climbing the height if straight up
Fred was lucky to survive his steeplejacking career , others did not because they had no safety gear.
Fred made his own safety gear. Using grey matter.
How* old is the chimney? What kind of work was being done ? Great camera work
Fred dibnahs way of working was more Interseting to watch because of its utter madness. In a modern age. Now safety is the most important or its half a day out with the undertaker. Any1 doing that job has my respect and I do not envy them
Never seen a steeplejack climb using the rungs and the ladders have only 2 fixings to each ladder which aint right.
What do you need a safety line for? Didn’t see Fred Dibnah with one, did ye?
No way nerves of steel these guys
Thats quite high when your up the top, not that you would get me up there.
Fred did it till his 60s and not 1 safety harness...Fred's not made from Titanium
Titanium made from fred