From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1y0ovv17v.fsf@void.com...   
      
   Thanks for all suggestions.   
   The ladder with the "locking hinges" caught attention.   
      
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   My neighbor has a 16' z-fold ladder he left outdoors to be rained on and the   
   locking mechanism doesn't always automatically catch, as indicated by the   
   red slide snapping inward. Mine is stored folded double upright inside a   
   shed between the ceiling joists and operates smoothly.   
      
   My feet greatly prefer the square rung version to the round rung one.   
      
   I use it to erect a temporary gantry track extension by balancing the heavy   
   channels on boards across the rungs. After the outer track end is supported   
   I lift the ladder over the track since it has no interfering cross bracing   
   like a stepladder. My 16' ladder isn't high enough to erect horizontal shed   
   beams but would be if I could back my pickup truck into the intended floor   
   space to raise it. I don't need to because I have other heavy lifting gear.   
      
   With two such ladders (mine + his) supporting a scaffold plank (his) between   
   them the outside steps significantly extend the working length, to both ends   
   of a section of gutter. Construction skills and equipment are common in this   
   neighborhood.   
      
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