Add-On Safety Legs For Ladders

Add-On Safety Legs For Ladders MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous Until he added legs to his aluminum extension ladder Dale Rogers hated climbing it Placed against a round pole or the side of a round building he disliked it even more However with the added legs he no longer worries “Extended to maximum length extension ladders get pretty wobbly and springy Against a round building they can fall to either side pretty easily and quickly ” says Rogers Unable to find a ladder with a wider base Rogers decided to make braces to reinforce and stabilize his existing ladder He cut short pieces of 1-in aluminum pipe sized to fit inside the rungs of his ladder He then cut 1-in slots in the ends of 8 to 10-ft 1 1/4-in square aluminum tubing After drilling holes through the square tubing and the pipes he bolted them together “Before climbing the ladder I insert the short pipes into ladder rungs and position the other end of the square tubes out to the side of the ladder and closer to the building the ladder rests against ” explains Rogers “This way the ladder won’t move sideways in a wind and it is reinforced so it isn’t so springy when I am going up or down ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dale Rogers Box 59 Mayfair Sask Canada S0M 1S0 ph 306 246-4577; dalecmrogers@gmail com

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