PSA: Spent $150 on a fancy ladder that nearly killed me on a job

I bought one of those compact telescoping ladders from a hardware store in Austin, thinking it would save space in my van. First real job with it, the locking mechanism slipped while I was running a wire near a ceiling joist. I fell about 6 feet and landed on a pile of drywall scraps - lucky I didn't break something. That ladder went straight into the dumpster and I went back to my old fiberglass one. Has anyone else had a bad experience with those telescoping ladders?

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hannahs4518d ago

Had a buddy who bought one of those and the second rung buckled under him while he was hauling drywall up. He spent the rest of the day with a screwdriver prying his thumb out of the metal.

piper_burns17d ago

Sounds like your buddy and I could start a club for people who've had close encounters with cheap ladders. I once had a stepstool fold up on me mid-project, ended up spending more time untangling myself than actually fixing the gutter.