"You were right..............

"$kaycog" (skaycog) 09/11/2015 at 11:17 • Filed to: None

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...........people don’t land on their feet.”

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > $kaycog 09/11/2015 at 11:23

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Some kind of wacky 60s ladder with curved rails and other weirdness, looks like. Wider ends for better stability (because INNOVATION! TECHNOLOGY!), but there’s no way they could sell a ladder with just un-braced tube-work steps today.

Hermann > $kaycog 09/11/2015 at 11:23

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“Goddamnit, Bob. Now who’s going to feed us?”

$kaycog > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2015 at 11:25

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Hahaha! I didn’t even notice the ladder.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > $kaycog 09/11/2015 at 11:28

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I’ve noticed I’ve become more and more weird on the topic of vintage tools and gear as I’ve got older. I should probably tone it down, but it’s so much fun. A lot of 30s-70s stuff just has its own kinds of panache - just a different kind of thinking going on.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > $kaycog 09/11/2015 at 11:29

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Cats are evil.

$kaycog > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2015 at 11:30

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Don’t ever tone it down. I enjoy it.

DrScientist > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2015 at 11:33

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but shouldnt the wider ends be at the bottom?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DrScientist 09/11/2015 at 11:35

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It’s one of two designs - either straight with the widening at both ends, or it’s a two-mode stepladder/full-length, with a hinge in the middle.

DrJohannVegas > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2015 at 11:36

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I suspect that the increase in average load since the 60s has something to do with that...

/returns to eating donuts

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DrJohannVegas 09/11/2015 at 11:38

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Yep, and increase in safety margins.

DrJohannVegas > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2015 at 11:41

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Obligatory grumbling about regulators, OSHA, EPA, Watergate, microwaves, chemtrails, lizard people, the Allman Brothers Band, cheap imported products, Congress, and Underwriters Labs here.

Chariotoflove > $kaycog 09/11/2015 at 11:47

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“I won’t tell if you won’t.”

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DrJohannVegas 09/11/2015 at 11:47

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The “funny” thing? Modern ladders with “safer” designs... are still often sold with comedically low weight limits due to cheap design and construction. A diagonal-braced shitty ladder is still a shitty ladder, and straight rails with greater theoretical strength make for a narrower base and easier tip. This, and modern designs with full steps instead of steel rods would have the potential (say, for somebody doing drywall) to become even more slippery than this once the steps are coated. Prevent Alter the nature of and rearrange ladder accidents!