From: one-if-by-land@concord.com
"Kris Krieger"> wrote
> Well, I hope teh folks who'd mentioned Werner Ladders here some months
> back
> were/are right re: their quality - I just ordered a Werner 26-Foot 300-
> Pound-capacity Multi-Ladder - it's an extension ladder to 23' but also can
> fold into half or quarters and used as a step ladder.
>
> Jeez but I love Amazon.com
HA!
Werner rulz.
I have a 25 yo wooden 6' step ladder and all the rivets have loosened so
that its unsafe.
Also have a 6' Werner fiberglass one that I use most of the time, rated for
300 (red) I think.
Last summer I picked up on the deal of the century at Menards, a 22' Werner
aluminum extension ladder, 300 lb rating, for $89.
Jayziss.
Everywhere else that thing goes for $200+, so I skarfed it up.
I used it extensively when I did our 2 story deck.
I like the 300 lb rating cause that means I can scale the thing with 100+lbs
of stuff in tow, like a bundle of shingles or other things.
As a matter of habit I have trained myself to stand along the sides of the
rungs cause many moonz ago I stood in the center of the rungs while toting
shingles to a roof and actually bent one of the rungs with all the weight in
the middle. Scary.
Lastly, I built a set of bolt on extensions for the bottom end of my
extension ladder that are triangle shaped, out of some aluminum extrusion I
had laying around.
When installed it doubles the footprint of the base making it much more
stable when its fully extended.
Oh yeah, where do you store such a thing as a 12' collapsed extension
ladder?
I put mine on top of my garage door tracks, out of the way but easy to get
to.
Just make sure its at the far end so the door rails won't hit it, but if you
have an opener (I don't-yet) this might be tricky.
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