@@aurorasplawn5024 technically you're right. BUT... My house, my ladder, my rules. However... a contractor, has different rules and while they may be on my property... osha may cover their work. I've seen contractors do some hair raising things, so osha must have been on vacation. Again; that's personal work done by me, friends family and/or neighbors vs contractors. But yeah, I can see the world through your glasses too.
@mrkenmt in short, OSHA protects the employees. The owners of a contracting company can get away with anything they please but their employees can say no. Also OSHA rarely targets residential contractors as they are small and will just fold the company and open under a new name and license in lieu of paying fines
It's not recommended to work over 6 feet without platforms under 2 feet wide. Working on scaffolding is very dangerous and needs certain safety conditions, like railings,and harnesses. This would never be sold without it having a 2 foot width for platforms. 😊
If you have actually been a carpenter that long then you know about OSHA and the fact that using something like that will end up costing you either a fine or a lawsuit. But then again I really doubt that you have been a Carpenter that long
I have a aluminum ladder jack but I like how you put the steps on the back of it. That’s the way they should make the aluminum ones so it’s easier to get up on your scaffold board.
Yea stepping over and around them were a bitch.. I've always put another extension ladder on the side to walk up and step onto the walkboard!! I was a siding installer.
The angle of the ladder can't change by very much. If the angle to the ground is too small, the feet slide backwards. If the angle is to wide, you tip backwards when the wind blows.
I just finished a project outside and didn't want to hire a scaffold due to cost This idea would have saved me so so so much time that I spent going up and down ladders I'm going to look into creating a pair, thanks for the brilliant idea
Buy the real thing. They are only 50 or 60 US dollars a piece. And they are adjustable so you don't have to rely on making sure the ladder is at exactly the correct angle. There is a time and place for DIY Solutions. This is not one of them. Unless of course you're just truly an idiot
Sos complicado ja ja, está mostrando algo muy interesante, creativo la idea, es de suponer que cuando esté trabajando se ponga elementos de trabajo adecuados
Products like this already exist guys, except they're usually made of aluminum or steel. Edit: this is for all you bright crayons in the box, I made this comment because PEOPLE IN THE COMMENTS WERE ACTING LIKE ITS NEW. Hard concept to grasp for some of you.
@@QuentinDearham-qc7il I tried to post a link for you but it's not showing for some reason. Just Google a ladder jack or walkboard bracket. They're pretty easy to find.
For those concerned with the ladder jack having adjustment for angle, don't be. Ladder should always be 75.5 degrees from vertical wall. A 4:1 ratio. For every 4 foot of height, 1 foot out from the wall. Achieved by standing facing the ladder with your feet at the base of the ladder. Reach your arms straight out and your hands should just be able to reach the side of the ladder.
Did years and years of latter work and that's exactly what you do your toes touch the bottom of the ladder and the palms of your hands are on a rung and then you'll notice the rungs at that point are perfectly level as well!
Sir, you are a genius... I have been a high rise window cleaner for 44 years... I have never seen such an incredibly helpful ladder device such as this... Please please please please send me two of them... I'll pay your price!!!!!!!
They’re called ladder jacks , they’ve been around almost as long as ladders , but you don’t see them on most job sites, because they are illegal to use in most jurisdictions.
After my cancer it's been hard to work off ladders this is exactly 💯 what I need ,,, please have this Patten and start sales quick ,quick! I love this idea you don't know this but you just saved my job fixing to make one now!
As a carpenter ill say this is genious. But one would have to do proper ground work before using it or else its dangerous.And it will never be approved on a job site. So dont do this on a job. 9/10 👍
It has an entire piece of wood that grabs the upper rung (per placement). The force required to hop that over a rung with a human standing on top would knock the entire ladder down…the biggest ladder problem.
This is a very old idea, probably Victorian or early 20th century. In the early 1980s I regularly used a pair of very old metal ones (they were called "Cripples") that hooked over the ladder-rungs, and you would adjust the angle of the horizontal plate with the vertical pieces which had holes where you would push a pin through at the desired height. They were illegal even back in 1980, but were really useful when repointing a house or something. I was just really glad that the Health And Safety people, or Building Inspector never caught me using them. 🇬🇧 They folded flat when you weren't using them.
