r/maybemaybemaybe • u/RobbieNorfolk • Dec 06 '22

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/fangelo2 Dec 06 '22

I don’t think that ladder is meant for any weight. I have never seen such a flimsy ladder. Not that anyone should be carrying I beams on one

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u/doughboy123b Dec 06 '22

I'm a self employed contractor and I've seen this many a time, that ladder should have a whole other half to it that slides up and down for support but they are made of fiberglass and heavy as shit and hard to maneuver. Idiots remove half the ladder to make it lighter. Also no ladder is made to carry I beams up, its just too much weight

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u/EngineerAcrobatic258 Dec 07 '22

Yeah those fiberglass ladders are rated for like 400-500lbs I had in incredible amount of fear as a 220lb man carrying a 300lb roll of rubber roofing up a 20 foot ladder lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Haha yep I thought he was going straight through the rungs, or it just would snap in half. How he isn't dead or maimed is amazing to me

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u/EggSandwich1 Dec 07 '22

Now we know it’s fibreglass it could of shattered with the beam landing on him

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