05-31-2009, 09:43 PM
Disagree . . . looks like a very professional fabrication to me.
I didn't say unprofessional, though I don't know that it is. I said fragile, and probably not able to support the weight of somebody on the ladder.
The front bracket appears to be clamped via two bolts and nuts around that one top tube. The aft bolt might go through the tube, I can't tell. That doesn't seem like sound engineering.
The piece on which the ladders "front" legs rest on appears to be held on by two screws/bolts and nothing more. I can see how this could support a lightweight aluminum or fiberglass ladder, but the hardware just doesn't seem up to bearing the weight of a body.
Yeah, that's all supposition, but unless the hardware is make from some Kryptonian alloy or it's a four-year old climbing that ladder, it just doesn't seem strong enough to bear significant weight.
I didn't say unprofessional, though I don't know that it is. I said fragile, and probably not able to support the weight of somebody on the ladder.
The front bracket appears to be clamped via two bolts and nuts around that one top tube. The aft bolt might go through the tube, I can't tell. That doesn't seem like sound engineering.
The piece on which the ladders "front" legs rest on appears to be held on by two screws/bolts and nothing more. I can see how this could support a lightweight aluminum or fiberglass ladder, but the hardware just doesn't seem up to bearing the weight of a body.
Yeah, that's all supposition, but unless the hardware is make from some Kryptonian alloy or it's a four-year old climbing that ladder, it just doesn't seem strong enough to bear significant weight.
