I bought my pivot ladder stabilizer at Sherwyn Williams 20 years ago , they are very handy with my ladders and They have stood up to a lot of use over the years. I run a small house renovation business, mostly old Coastal homes in Maine. I enjoy your tips and videos.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone else besides myself with this tool. I’ve owned mine for about 17 yrs now. I love it and recommend guys just buy one instead of trying to build one. If you have two of them you can put a plank across on the roof and load it with materials and it also acts like a set of horses at the same time. I could go on and on 👍🏻
A lil tip from a builder, drill a hole in the "pointed" ends, so it can be "staked/nailed" down to reduce the chance of slippage, as I have had one of these slide out from under a ladder. 👍
You can also buy a roof boot, which can be nailed into the roof, and the pivot tool fits right in it, to keep it from sliding. The roof boot can also hold an extension ladder on roof against the shingles to walk up the rungs of a steep pitch. I've used the pivot for years for the same reasons you mentioned. A great tool. I have two, as a painter, I would put my paint on one, above the roof, and sit, or stand on the other, to have a level place for my feet.
I like levelok for putting a ladder on inclines. For stairs I built a ladder box out of scrap wood. If the stairs is carpeted, nail some tack strips on the bottom of it for extra grip.
I’ve been borrowing my buddy’s ands finally I just got mine in today. If you use an extension ladder for work you definitely need one of these. I used to really sweat it on two story jobs where I had to work from a lower roof onto the second floor. The ladder pivit takes all the stress out trying to figure out how n the hell you’re going to get up there safely.
I've been going back and forth on whether to spend the $100 for some time now. I finally pulled the trigger and ordered one tonight. Looking forward to making my ladder use a bit safer.
Cool tool, think I’ll pick one up. Not sure using it in place of proper ladder jacks is very safe, at least for someone clumsy like me. I like the way that proper jacks actually lock onto a plank.
Interesting, my dad used to make something almost identical out of scrap lumber. All the subs used to steal them and he'd get furious. He learned how to make them from an old Italian builder in the 70's.
Cool! Very versatile. I really like it can be used on the roof to hold paint or a roller tray or something. I've been in that situation a lot and you can't set your cut bucket down.
An old boss of mine had one in our shop, for a long time I thought it was trailer chock. Then i had to paint on a roof and happened to have it in my company vehicle, if you are a painter, or even do any amount of work on a ladder just get one, they’re awesome
Awesome tool similar tools have been available for years but that one is just a bit handier I think. I have worked on Lake Michigan for forty years and luckily a local company that has made scaffolding for many years has also made a leg extension that really hits hard into the ground being it's not at all uncommon to have to use a 40' extension ladder on the side of a steep hill and pray the ladder and ground hold up well
I was looking for some help when I found it over 10 years ago, we were using a gallon of paint can to balance the ladder to paint stairwells. Very risky!!!😬😬😬
This does look like an awesome solution to the problems that face every homeowner or contractor who ever used a ladder. The reason that so many tool and equipment accidents happen is the crazy cost of safety equipment. You mentioned a hundred dollars in the USA, but it's whole different story here in Canada. This item is available from Amazon Canada for $399.24 Canadian + $6.48 shipping + $52.74 Sales Taxes = $ 458.46 . Sherwin-Williams paint stores here will order it for $329.99 + Tax $42.90 = $ 372.89 . There are other less versatile single leg ladder levelers available that are a pain to set up, requiring you to switch the assembly from one leg to the other depending on the direction of an incline, but they also run $150 to $200 in Canada. So....most Canadians will continue to balance their 40 foot extension ladders on bricks, scraps of lumber, books, rocks, tool boxes, or anything else they can find on the job site. See you in the emergency ward!
NEW SUBSCRIBER! And well earned! That stair option is absolutely worth the price. Alone. Especially if you don't have something like our little giant leveler with built in levelers. Or adjusting legs for your extension ladder. Those cost more than the 100 bucks. In fact I think ours were 400 or something ridiculous for my big ladder. Very nice! Even though we have that ladder, man I hate dragging the big thing around. It usually doesn't fit well anywhere except outside on tall buildings. I will be buying a couple of these for me and my crew. I don't know how I've been a builder for over 15 years and have never seen this contraption. I even use Sherwin Williams almost exclusively. Never seen one in the showroom or any catalogs that I can recall. Also looks like that will be awesome to have on the roof deck when we're doing dormer additions and gabled porches. I'll show this video to my roofers also. Thanks man! Awesome video!
It can do one more thing, on an extension ladder you can use it as a standoff if you have to paint around a window. Personally though a ladder stabilizer is safer, but if you have to work around large windows it comes in handy.
I have a homemade one similar to this. Been using it for 20 years or so. Think I'm on third one. Pretty handy. Guess I should have patented it. Dang it. Oh well.
Cool tool. Every use looked legit except its use on the stairs. The lip that grabs on the upper side stair tread looked to only be a little more than an inch overhanging. Kinda scary if it were to shift just a little bit, but then again it was stated the rubber grips do their job.
