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Escalara- Pros & Cons

By poppapin

5 years ago


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    #188 4 years ago

    Warning Please Practice and have a spotter!!! I have been using my Escalera for at least a year now and the other week I decided to bring a game up the stairs without anyone being there to help/spot me. I made it all the way up to the last step which is slightly higher than the other steps and leaned the Escalera down slightly more than normal and the wheels slid out from the steps and proceeded to drag me and the game back down the stairs. I held on for dear life trying to slow its progress down the stairs. The Escalera ended up hitting the vertical banister at the bottom of the steps and that is the only thing that stopped it from sliding all the way back into the basement. The Escalera was now wedged in the hallway at the bottom of the stairs. I ended up having to get the neighbor to help me unwedge it and then get the game back up the stairs. The hallway wall has some pretty bad damage to the drywall when it got wedged. No damage was done to the game or the Escalera but I was sore from being drug down 8-10 steps like Superman.
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    #190 4 years ago
    Quoted from Jediturtle:

    Oh man...that sucks. Sorry this happened, but glad it wasn't worse. That said, this is exactly the reason I would NEVER use a spotter. Had this happened with someone under you, do you really think they could have caught it? Even if they had a hold of it and were braced and ready, that's still a lot of weight for one person to suddenly hold. Scary stuff.

    Yes I think they would of seen the wheels coming off the ledge and held it there or warned me. It did not go down fast off the first step kinda slipped then went slow until about 3 steps down. Normally when I have help they put constant pressure on the game as if they are helping the Escalara lif it up the stairs.

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