63B: One More Time

When I got my siding installed up to the crossarm on the scaffold I had to find a way to temporarily move the scaffold top away from the wall an inch or two so I could slide that piece of siding in and nail it.

What I came up with was a lever and secondary crossarm, which could be mounted above or below the primary crossarm. The lever is about 40” long which gives me plenty of mechanical advantage, so I can pry the scaffold off the wall just enough to slip in the next piece of siding. Once it’s pried off the wall I just tie the lever to a scaffold leg to hold it in place.

Pic 1 is your standard lean-too scaffold, like originally built.
Pic 2 is with the secondary crossarm in use. Notice the primary crossarm is off the wall about 2 inches.

To put the next higher row of siding on I pretty much had to move the secondary crossarm down “under” the primary to create enough space to install the siding.