Has anyone bought one of these scaffold towers from e-bay. They seem to appear at the rate of 1 or 2 a week. All with the same picture but with several different addresses around the UK...
...just a bit suspicious...
Colin
Probably the same one; people buy it, find it's crap, sell it on ;-)
I would guess they come from the same fabricator as delivery is included, the eBay merchant is just acting as an agent.
Seems expensive for what it is. Starts at £165 + £50. Last one she (elizabluethornberry) sold for £190 + £50 delivery. It has no height adjustable feet, stabilisers or platform boards. Stevenc2112 has sold them for £332 & £220 both plus £55 del. Online price direct from a fabricator would be much less, and you could select one to suit yourself.
Second hand rusty steel towers can be bought locally for under £50, I got one for £15. A second hand alloy tower complete with all accessories can be had inexpensively, I bought a paint splattered one for £230.
Firms will sell on alloy towers often as they fail H&S requirements. For work use they should have stabilisers, and toe boards which are not really needed in a diy situation.
Thanks for the info.
I'll look out for one locally then. £15 sounds like a real bargain...
Colin
It was! but very rusty, and a bit battered, needs a good whack to separate the frames. Used it indoors to plasterboard the ceiling.
For new ones, these look OK:
There's an ad I saw below (not mine!), although these look a bit short as they quote 'working' height of 18ft meaning the frames may be 15ft and the platform at 12ft. OK for most stuff but not the gutters.
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