From: one-if-by-land@concord.com   
      
   "Kris Krieger"  wrote in message   
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   > "Don"  wrote in   
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   >> "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.   
   >   
   > I went with the 300 mostly because I like to have a wide margin of safety.   
   > Anything I'd do these days is minor, but I always like having a bit of   
   > extra capability just in case.   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Seriously.  I won't (can't these days) be hauling anything near that   
   > heavy,   
   > but I will be using some tools and whatnot, so what the heck, esp. since   
   > the one I got was on sale and iirc, less than the smaller ones.   
   >   
   >> 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 hadn't thought of that yet, tho' for now, just lay it down in the garage   
   > - OTOH, it'd be simple enough to put up a modest rack, or some heavy-duty   
   > hooks/hangers.   
      
   I can't lose that much wall space.   
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > If I put it up there, I'd need another ladder just to reach it.   
      
   What kind of a dood are you man?   
   Going into an open forum and admitting you only have ONE ladder.   
   Have you no sense of decency?   
   No shame?  LOL   
      
      
   ANd I   
   > doubt my shoulder would stand up to me try.  Not to mention problems with   
   > body mechanics - I can't lift much over my head.  So once it arrives and I   
   > have a good sense of the weight, I'll look for some hangers I can screw   
   > into the garage-wall studs.   
      
   2 words: block n tackle.   heh   
   I have so much stuff on my garage door rails they may need structural   
   reinforcing!   
      
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