Has Anyone Used This Drywall Stand?

jaerton7913

I came across this drywall stand online, it's called a power a-frame. Has anyone used this?

Celtic

How is it any more beneficial than a sawhorse made of scrap or a wall?

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jaerton7913

probably that it could hold more weight

Cole

http://www.poweraframe.com/

$300 a set seems pretty high to me!

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neolitic

If you only stock slabs.
I'd never let you concentrate that kind of load
on a wooden floor system.
Besides don't the hangers like it a bit more scattered?

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Celtic

...then a similar setup with sawhorses made of scrap?
...than a wall?


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MikeWI76

Just stumbled across this site seeing if there was anything out there like this.
I have bought 3 of these from this company, and it isn't really a weight thing, it is more of an ease of drywall handeling issue.
I pull the drywall cart right up next to this stand, and I didn't have to lean over to stack it flat.
I didn't have to lean the drywall up to cut it either.
Well worth the $300 I spent, as this thing will definately never break. Good find

Celtic

I stick with scraps of wood, walls and my $300.

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MikeWI76

I suppose you lift your drywall over your head for the ceiling too :P

Patrick

A gorilla ladder would do the same thing as that. Its only $200 and you can use it as a ladder too

Celtic

Can your product do it?


Let's not mix apples and oranges.

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Celtic

...or a scaffold, a table, a coat hanger, etc

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mdshunk

No, I've never used it, but that's mostly due to the fact that I'm not a drywaller.

kgphoto

Basically it is a well made, folding, self supporting A frame with base legs, that hold the drywall off the floor to keep it off of any moisture spills and by using its own weight against itself, holds it stably.

You could make something out of a few dollars of scrap wood and TIME, at each job, or just use this again and again. I would rather see a lower price as I wouldn't stack that much on it even if I could for all the reasons already mentioned, but wouldn't mind having a few scattered around the job.

Celtic

You're in the habit of making sawhorses and tossing them out after every job?

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A W Smith

If that thing were fifty bucks I wouldn't buy it. You can make the same thing with two eight foot two by sixes and one twelve foot two by six and a nail gun in about 7 minutes. Hell you can get three pair of four inch hinge butts and make a knock down version and take it with you. Less likely that a Mexican will take it to a recycling center as well.

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Celtic

Great minds think alike Smitty

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A W Smith

And another thing. You would have to leave this contraption on the job before the drywall delivery with instructions for them to load it. Unless you are moving the drywall twice? most suppliers (in NJ anyway) will boom and load the job for you N/C with the sheets distributed in different rooms so as not to put a concentrated load on the structure and as a convenience for the hangers. And they dont lay it flat. It is stood against the walls. I dont even bother to flip every other sheet anymore i just layout and cut from the back.

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Chris G

You just stumbled across this site while you were looking for a drywall stand? And yet you already own three of these? And now you are looking for something similar? Whatyoutalkinbout Willis?

Tim0282

I'm in your court, Chris. And why would the stockers lay the rock down? That sure makes friends with the hangers or me if I have to stand it all up.
Tim