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["Jim Cooper" <JCooper@lewiston.k12.id.us>]

I have both a Tallman tripod ladder and a Little Giant, and I like both. Each 
has advantages.

Jim
N. Idaho

>>> "Mark & Helen Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com> 5/30/2008 8:19 AM >>>
Alan wrote:
"My one skilled pruning helper had 10 years experience full time working in a 
commercial orchard before he came with me and his experience was all tri-pod 
but once I put him on one of my ladders he never went back."

Alan,

I'm having a hard time understanding this.  It seems to me three legged 
ladders would be more stable on uneven ground.  I understand with the Little 
Giant you can adjust the individual height of the front and back, but that 
still leaves side to side rocking.  That's the problem I have with my 
stepladder.  The ground can be just a bit uneven, or soft, and the ladder 
rocks from side to side and is unstable.  One would think four points on the 
ground is more stable vs. three, but it's not been my experience.  Once I 
built a grinder stand with four legs, but no matter how level I got the legs, 
it still rocked a little be when moved to a different part of the floor.  
Then I remembered seeing manufactured grinder stands with three legs, and 
realized why they were built that way.  For this reason, I was planning to 
buy a Tallman tripod orchard ladder, but now you have me wondering.

Mark
KS
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alan Haigh
  To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:03 PM
  Subject: [NAFEX] orchard ladder


  I spend an insane amount of my life on top of a ladder while I prune a lot 
of ancient apple trees amongst other fruit things.  I know that the tri-pod 
is the old standard and it has advantages but for stability and mobility 
(both sides have steps) nothing beats the design brought to us by Little 
Giant Ladder Systems.  

  My one skilled pruning helper had 10 years experience full time working in 
a commercial orchard before he came with me and his experience was all 
tri-pod but once I put him on one of my ladders he never went back.  

  Now you can buy one of the many knock-offs and save money, I have, but the 
original is built better, maybe not enough better to warrant the extra 
expense.  In the end I'm stuck with Little Giant because they make a lighter 
version that none of the competition makes and it is my staple elevator.  
They also make some very heavy ones that go above the standard 22' when 
straight.

  They work as both a straight and step-ladder and are designed to enable the 
stepladder configuration to set at different heights for stability on uneven 
ground.  I also use one of their very heavy ladders that is one size up from 
the 22' (can't remember the specifics). 


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