Fiberglass extension ladders

Somewhere I read that that should be cautionary.

Any advice on this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks...John,PA

Like my 9N..... .was rough look'n when it was MY turn to have her. She shure is perrty now. After plow'n inthe Sspring.....I puts her BACK IN THE DARK.

Thanks so much, "guys". John, PA.

Mine is approx 25 yrs. old. But, I keep it covered when I carry it on my truck roof. And I keep it in my barn out of the light.

I doubt if I will ever hear from the "new" WERNER(tm).

Thanks again. John,PA

I have a friend who took a job as a welder at the South Pole for a year starting last month. I know they don't use fiberglass extension ladders there. Of course, part of that is also because it's pretty flat and all the builidngs are below the surface. Hope this helps. Enjoy your trip south.

All the best, Stan

Is this serious or is it like sending kids on a snipe hunt? I don't think any animals can get as far south as where my friend is working. She's not just in Antarctica, she's actually at the South Pole. Even though summer starts in just a few weeks there it's still cold enough that her flight to the Pole from McMurdo Sound was held back for over a week while they waited for the temperature at the Pole to get above minus fifty degrees. I'm not sure what's the significance of that temperature but they won't fly in if it's colder than that.

All the best, Stan

He says " Ki-ry-st it is cold up here. Think I will head SOUTH".

Thanks for list'N.

This should be some humor to get the trip started.

Or, at least something to think about the rest of the day.

John,PA

PS: Dell and I used to play around with this mind teasers stuff for awhile. Flying Engineers.

Werner Corp. (tm) once published a booklet showing the engineering of fiberglass ladders.
Eventhough they, the ladders, were rated for 350 pounds, they had a "sliding scale" to compute 10% safety factors. At lower temp's, the weight factors became lower. Therefore, at 0deg. C, The weight factor for a 36 ft. ladder was reduced to approx. YOUR Weight. When we convert this temp. to Kelvin, sometimes it is just too damn cold to break someth'N to satisfy an insurance CO. At least, that's how I see it.

Thanks and take care.

My homeowner's insurance company is satisfied that I commenced immediate "emergency" repair-work to my PA residence where-in some metal facia on the 2nd floor roof-line was wind damaged during the windstorm this past week-end.

I am now turning the rest of the repair work over to my "lowist-bid" contractor. He feels it will probably be 6weeks to 2 months before he can get to it.

Insurance companies insist that the policy holder perform immediate action to preseve the property from future damages. So, I pulled the effective metal fascia off the house so it don't blow into any windows. The rest is just ugly look'N. Photographs before and after my "emergency" repair. Documentation satisfied.

Now I can shut down the office and start SOUTH.

Bye, all. Have a Merry X-mas and stay safe.

John,PA