Thank you for making this video. I bought an Aluminium ladder on line thinking it would be like your one, but it is really heavy (6.2 metres or 20 feet) being a lightweight female 5' 4" and weighing 53 kg and retired. The rungs have to be pulled out individually, your one with the rope was brilliant. I only extended the bottom (rung by rung on the ground) half to see if I could lift it and I cannot. I need to clean my gutters but am terrified of getting up there, but then I cannot put it up anyway. I am going to try to lift it like you did and hope for the best.
The part about checking for bee or wasp nests BEFORE you get up to the top is critical. You tend to flail irrationally when confronted with a disturbed nest of stinging insects and that can be deadly when you're 20 ft above ground.
I work with a 24 footer every day have to carry it straight up not allowed to lay it down like that and osha requires 3 rungs above the surface you are going to be accessing unless you're securing it to a fixed ladder.
Maybe you have a unique situation where the ladder is always upright. Working around trees, bushes, power lines, fences, dealing with wind etc. I find I often need to lay the ladder down on the ground.
@@TheGjcore I install billboards so I have to carry it through loaded parking lots and such.. But its a company rule to never lay the ladder down. Would be nice to lay it on the ground every once in a while.
Hehe, years of experience. I find the 24 foot ladder easy to setup. Now when it comes to move the 36 foot ladder around in tight areas is another story.
A lot of technique developed from doing it repeatedly. There are points of balance, and leverage that you just kind of utilize by muscle memory after you've wrestled with them a while and other guys will show you tricks ... but not until they've got a good laugh out of it :D
Hello. I'm not sure but it sounds dangerous and you are probably lucky you didn't lose any fingers, toes or worse. I'd guess that they were not fully engaged to start with.
TheGjcore , these ladders are designed to easily extend the extension portion by pulling the rope and take it down likewise. This feature creates a point of failure whereby if the ladder is not mounted at a minimum 70 degree angle, any vibration in the ladder could dislodge the latches taking you down with it. This is my only explanation. If it was engaged enough for me to go up and stay there, that means the latches were as engaged as it can be. I am beginning to think that There is a design flaw with the latches. I am surprised no one tried to sue the manufacturers for this design flaw. There should be additional security locks once the ladder is extended to prevent incidents like this...
TheGjcore , it is a Werner extension ladder. It is fiberglass. I don't remember the model number. I used it once about 20 years ago and after this incident, I never used it again as it is a death trap. It is sitting in the garage. I'll take a picture later and try to post it here. It's is still in mint condition.
@@ozusozudogruinsan I've used Werner ladders a lot. The design is very good and consistent across different models. Is it possible that you set the ladder up backwards? It is something that I see many inexperienced people do.
3 feet is because if they were stairs, thats how you'd have a "hand rail" at the "right height" - but ... they're not stairs, a steep roof is not a "landing", and that rule was made by some bureaucrat at OSHA that's never set foot on a roof. I really don't think anybody ever thought that the top 3 rungs don't exactly disappear to leave you with only 2 uprights that you can get between either. They do make ladder top extensions just for that though - they're a huge pain in the ass and still get in the way. These are the same dudes that make you wear a harness and tether on a 1 story 3:12 pitch roof, because being tangled in a rats nest with ropes to trip over is obviously more safe than being in cougar paws on a roof I could walk in flip flops right?
In general I dislike the 3 foot above recommendation. Coming off the roof it's necessary to shift most of your weight to the outside of a rail. Whereas If I have it about 1.5 to 2 feet above I can grab the top of the ladder and keep my weight inside the rails. I think also with the ladder being high when getting on the roof there's a tendency to "kick" the ladder out because a bit of momentum is needed to get around the rail and onto the roof.
#1 - To easily set up a 24ft extension ladder you will need upper body strength. I would say sorry ladies but these days that chick is probably a dude.
Thank you for making this video. I bought an Aluminium ladder on line thinking it would be like your one, but it is really heavy (6.2 metres or 20 feet) being a lightweight female 5' 4" and weighing 53 kg and retired. The rungs have to be pulled out individually, your one with the rope was brilliant. I only extended the bottom (rung by rung on the ground) half to see if I could lift it and I cannot. I need to clean my gutters but am terrified of getting up there, but then I cannot put it up anyway. I am going to try to lift it like you did and hope for the best.
Thanks a lot man you helped me out.
You are welcome.
Thank you! Very helpful!
You are welcome.
Base of ladder should always be 1/4 horizontal distance of whatever the height will be.
The part about checking for bee or wasp nests BEFORE you get up to the top is critical. You tend to flail irrationally when confronted with a disturbed nest of stinging insects and that can be deadly when you're 20 ft above ground.
3ft 2 rungs very acceptable for access OSHA required
Three feet is supposedly for a grab handle when stepping on the ladder
I work with a 24 footer every day have to carry it straight up not allowed to lay it down like that and osha requires 3 rungs above the surface you are going to be accessing unless you're securing it to a fixed ladder.
Maybe you have a unique situation where the ladder is always upright. Working around trees, bushes, power lines, fences, dealing with wind etc. I find I often need to lay the ladder down on the ground.
@@TheGjcore I install billboards so I have to carry it through loaded parking lots and such.. But its a company rule to never lay the ladder down. Would be nice to lay it on the ground every once in a while.
How do you make it look so easy this thing is heavy as hell
Hehe, years of experience. I find the 24 foot ladder easy to setup. Now when it comes to move the 36 foot ladder around in tight areas is another story.
A lot of technique developed from doing it repeatedly. There are points of balance, and leverage that you just kind of utilize by muscle memory after you've wrestled with them a while and other guys will show you tricks ... but not until they've got a good laugh out of it :D
Instructions unclear: legs broken
2:20 you are not sure 😂
My latches disengaged while I was up. How is this possible? What to do to prevent it?
Hello. I'm not sure but it sounds dangerous and you are probably lucky you didn't lose any fingers, toes or worse. I'd guess that they were not fully engaged to start with.
TheGjcore , these ladders are designed to easily extend the extension portion by pulling the rope and take it down likewise. This feature creates a point of failure whereby if the ladder is not mounted at a minimum 70 degree angle, any vibration in the ladder could dislodge the latches taking you down with it. This is my only explanation. If it was engaged enough for me to go up and stay there, that means the latches were as engaged as it can be. I am beginning to think that There is a design flaw with the latches. I am surprised no one tried to sue the manufacturers for this design flaw. There should be additional security locks once the ladder is extended to prevent incidents like this...
@@ozusozudogruinsan Can you post a picture or video of the ladder somewhere? Make and model?
TheGjcore , it is a Werner extension ladder. It is fiberglass. I don't remember the model number. I used it once about 20 years ago and after this incident, I never used it again as it is a death trap. It is sitting in the garage. I'll take a picture later and try to post it here. It's is still in mint condition.
@@ozusozudogruinsan I've used Werner ladders a lot. The design is very good and consistent across different models. Is it possible that you set the ladder up backwards? It is something that I see many inexperienced people do.
3 feet is because if they were stairs, thats how you'd have a "hand rail" at the "right height" - but ... they're not stairs, a steep roof is not a "landing", and that rule was made by some bureaucrat at OSHA that's never set foot on a roof. I really don't think anybody ever thought that the top 3 rungs don't exactly disappear to leave you with only 2 uprights that you can get between either. They do make ladder top extensions just for that though - they're a huge pain in the ass and still get in the way.
These are the same dudes that make you wear a harness and tether on a 1 story 3:12 pitch roof, because being tangled in a rats nest with ropes to trip over is obviously more safe than being in cougar paws on a roof I could walk in flip flops right?
In general I dislike the 3 foot above recommendation. Coming off the roof it's necessary to shift most of your weight to the outside of a rail. Whereas If I have it about 1.5 to 2 feet above I can grab the top of the ladder and keep my weight inside the rails. I think also with the ladder being high when getting on the roof there's a tendency to "kick" the ladder out because a bit of momentum is needed to get around the rail and onto the roof.
the sound is not good I am quite disappointed
#1 - To easily set up a 24ft extension ladder you will need upper body strength. I would say sorry ladies but these days that chick is probably a dude.