A nine hour house today. The last ladder set had tricky ground around it but thanks to a stack ladder with dope-ass leg levelers I was able to get it done safely.
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I would have described it as sketchy instead of safely. That said sometimes you just have no other way of getting it done.
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A spotter would be safe
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Ahh well. He lived to tell about it. Canât believe thereâs still snow on the ground thereâŚ
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When i first saw those leg levelers i kinda snubbed my nose at them. So glad i bought them though cause theyâre awesome.
Iâve done some sketchy thing before with my ladder as well. To be clear I wasnât trying to nit pick. I just wanted to make sure we are calling a spade a spade. I wouldnât want some rookie to see the pick and think that it is âsafeâ. Just being careful. It is crazy that thereâs still have snow on the ground.
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Just saw this, I have the Werner PK80-2 Levelers on my 24â and 28â ladders, fully automatic. Lift the ladder and set it down, locks into place. And you use the same original clawed feet. Have always felt very safe.
This isnât âPiece ladderâ specificâŚ
More along the lines of praise for levelers.
But Iâm curious about the âspottersâ aspectâŚ
Would love to see a âfooting the ladderâ thread, because I bet Iâd be pretty nasty with comments.
And Iâd bet a lot of people would be cool with âone hand on the ladder, while looking off in the distance.â
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Oh the so infamous âI got this guyââŚ
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lol @ spotters
Just someone to lay the blame on when the ladder job goes bad.
Can you really support the weight of a person out on the end of a ladder? Sure you can, you got that!
haha! you can keep it from tipping, which is your job, bu once it tips theyâre a gonner!
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But you can spot where they land.
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Oh yeah, the experienced spotter. He knows good and well that the second hand wonât make any difference anyway. Besides, he needs that hand for texting.
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@JaredAI Accurate.
Litterally laughed out loud at that!
Anyway, on the topic of ladders, I have only a foldable/extendable 13â ladder. It was all I could afford at first and I work out of a Kia Soul, so I donât have room for anything bigger, and there is no ladder rack on my car. 
I remember when I was a newbie and I was doing exactly this while I was footing a 40â ladder for my supervisor at the time, he looked down and me and came straight down and tore me a new one. Honestly though if I had been shown correctly in the first place it would have been an non issue.
There is only 1 correct way to foot a ladder and it really doesnât have anything to do with your hands, although they should be at a comfortable height holding the sides of the ladder, and your feet should be completely flat on the ground at about 45 degree angles with the ladder tight in the arches of your feet. The most popular alternative is using the toes on the base of the ladder, this put the footer off balance and is uncomfortable.
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Get the VanTech J2103 kit. Super solid, professional looking roof rack
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Main purpose of a spotter is to avoid the ladder feet kicking out.
Many accidents happen from improper ladder angle or slippery surfaces.
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Those feet are not as safe as imagined, they will slip, even at that angle. Should use a spotter. But not gonna lie Iâve used mine in even more dangerous situations
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I like the Kia Souls, and that ladder rack is very nice.
I have a sedan, and had the same idea about mounting a ladder on it that my dad suggestedâŚâwell youâll be riding by yourself, so just set up a rack on the passenger side of the car since you wonât be using those doors anyway.â
I know that sounds like, and would look like, a hillbilly, but with the way I look I donât think it would matter which vehicle I have or the way the ladder is mounted on it. 
One good thing about looking like this is that anyone willing to hire me has to be open minded enough to be cool and not be one of those up tight anal types with unreasonable expectations.
Still doing charity work at the moment, but getting very anxious to get my lemon back on the road. If I do get this venture off the ground, then a Kia Soul would be one of my top choices for this business, or a Subaru Forester, or a Chevy HHR depending on the deal I can find. Has to be 4 cylinders or less though to cover a larger radius.
What you want is a 1st gen (Toyota) Scion xB. 2004-2006. You can pick up a decent one for $2k-$4k. I got 27mpg average loaded with equipment. 32+mpg stripped out for road trips.
I had a passing notion of a passenger side ladder storage/rack at one time. The only thing really stopping me at the time was the fact that it was our only vehicle. I was lucky my wife let me remove the back seats.
Post 10 has a short video
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