--- title: Structural Engineering Blog | mobile scaffolds description: mobile scaffolds | DH Glabe & Associates has unparalleled exposure in structural engineering, nothing compares to practical hands-on experience. Read our blog here --- [![DH Glabe & Associates Construction Engineering and Shoring Scaffold](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/logo.svg "DH Glabe & Associates Construction Engineering and Shoring Scaffold")](https://www.dhglabe.com/) [855-344-5223](tel:855-344-5223) [![Contact Us](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/3892849/b60b008d-e4f3-4ed6-b858-897a9168941c.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/3892849/b60b008d-e4f3-4ed6-b858-897a9168941c) ### Please Select Your Project Location ![hero_bg1](https://www.dhglabe.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/hero_bg1.jpg?width=1945&name=hero_bg1.jpg "hero_bg1") # Blog [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/aerial-lift-or-mobile-scaffold) [Scaffolding](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffolding) #### [Aerial Lift or Mobile Scaffold?](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/aerial-lift-or-mobile-scaffold) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / November 1, 2010 In the year 2000, at the turn of the century, the U.S. Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration, OSHA, issued a Letter of Interpretation wherein it opined that aerial lifts known as scissors lifts (see illustration) are not aerial lifts but instead are mobile scaffolds. The opinion was... [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/hot-wheels) [Fall Protection](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/fall-protection) #### [Hot Wheels: Scaffolding Safety](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/hot-wheels) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / October 1, 2009 As with all scaffolds, there are design, construction, and safety issues with mobile scaffolds. The idea here is to discuss some engineering issues, leaving the obvious safety issues to the “competent person, qualified in scaffold construction.” Now that I think about it, perhaps the safety issues... [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/ingenuity-or) [Scaffolding](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffolding) #### [INGENUITY OR…..?](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/ingenuity-or) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / January 31, 1999 People do the most amazing things. Take the “scaffold” application illustrated in the two photographs. The photos, contributed by Mr. Steve Schuler of Carl Schuler Masonry Construction Company in Waterloo, Iowa, depicts a scaffold constructed of lumber and mounted to a Ford Pick-up Truck. A cursory... [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/rolling-safely) [Scaffold Bracing](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffold-bracing) #### [Rolling Safely](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/rolling-safely) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / December 3, 1997 Previous articles discussed scaffold regulations and scaffold training requirements, issues that obviously are important but don’t necessarily tell us how to erect or use a mobile scaffold properly. Mobile scaffolds, also known as rolling towers (formerly known in the old OSHA regulations as... ![footer-bg](https://www.dhglabe.com/hs-fs/hubfs/footer-bg.png?width=1921&name=footer-bg.png "footer-bg") OUR SERVICE CATEGORIES SOCIAL MEDIA - [![Facebook](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/ft-fb-icon.png)](https://www.facebook.com/DHGlabe/) - [![Facebook](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/ft-twitter-icon.png)](https://twitter.com/DHGlabe) - [![Facebook](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/ft-linkedin-icon.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dh-glabe-%26-associates/) OUR COMPANY Copyright © 2026 DH Glabe - [TERMS OF SERVICE](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/mobile-scaffolds#) - [PRIVACY POLICY](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/mobile-scaffolds#) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "Organization", "alternateName" : "DH Glabe", "contactPoint" : { "@type" : "ContactPoint", "areaServed" : "US", "availableLanguage" : "en", "contactType" : "sales", "telephone" : "+18553445223" }, "logo" : "https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/logo.svg", "name" : "DH Glabe & Associates", "sameAs" : [ "https://www.facebook.com/DHGlabe/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dh-glabe-&-associates/", "https://twitter.com/DHGlabe" ], "url" : "https://www.dhglabe.com/" } ``` ```json // ```