Masonry Magazine August 1986 Page. 40
A forklift easily lifts scaffold attached to the Cramer Base and positions it in place.
UNIQUE SCAFFOLD BASE INTRODUCED
Cramer Base can be forklifted and tilted into place after scaffolding has been horizontally assembled on the ground.
A new wrinkle in scaffolding has been introduced by its inventor, Milton A. Cramer of Rockville, Md. Called the "Cramer Base," the device is a portable scaffold base designed for use with tubular scaffolding. The base permits the safe movement, by forklift, of erected scaffold-the scaffold does not have to be dismantled and rebuilt to be relocated. In addition, the base has extension legs which provide stability and a means of bridging obstructions. Legs on the base can be adjusted to variable heights for stability on uneven terrain or to raise the base above obstacles. The base legs are also adjustable to uneven terrain to a height of about 7 feet. Using a boom-type forklift, a scaffold can be erected on the ground to a height of 40 to 50 feet and tipped up, saving about 70 percent of the time normally required to build a scaffold vertically the conventional way.
Cramer says two prototypes have been made and used successfully. One measures approximately 5 feet wide by 14 feet long, and the other, a smaller unit, is 5 feet wide by 7 feet long. The legs on both units can be extended to about 9 feet for added stability.
ATTENTION EXHIBITORS!
'87 MCAA Educational Trade Show
Held in conjunction with
37th MCAA International Masonry Conference
March 14, 15 & 16, 1987, Loew's Anatole
Dallas, Texas
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