Loader-Mounted Extension Ladder Mover

Loader-Mounted Extension Ladder Mover MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 25-2-13 Big extension ladders are clumsy and difficult to handle if only one person is available to move them. Charles H. Erickson, Battle Lake, Minn., used scrap metal to build an inexpensive, loader-mounted ladder mover that's used to transport the ladder and also to hold it in place when in use, with the legs resting on the ground. The top end of the ladder is fitted with a pair of small wheels that roll up and down the side of buildings. "It lets me pick up an extension ladder flat from the ground and place it against a building. I just drive the ladder to wherever it's needed, with no strain to my body," says Erickson. "I can paint a building without needing any extra help to move the ladder at all. Once in place, the ladder can't slide or tip unless the tractor moves. The wheels at the top of the ladder allow it to be easily extended up the building. It fits all sizes of extension ladders that have hollow rungs." The ladder mover consists of two 4-ft. lengths of 3-in. angle iron. Two 4-in. long, 1-in. dia. steel pins are welded to each side. The pins slip into the ladder's hollow rungs to keep the bottom portion of the ladder from going up or down. The angle iron brackets slide in tight against the side of the ladder, held in place by set screws. "It takes only about 30 seconds to mount the ladder mover on the loader and one minute to attach the ladder to it," notes Erickson. "It can be used with any ladder that has hollow rungs no matter what its width." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Charles H. Erickson, Rt. 2, Box 122, Battle Lake, Minn. 56515 (ph 218 495-3321).

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