Ladders are essential tools, but they can be dangerous. This illustrated guide will guide you through the basics of safely using yours.

To carry a ladder safely, carry it at the midpoint over one shoulder, with the front end slightly elevated. If you want to pick fruit, trim branches, paint a ceiling, build a pergola, hang a birdhouse ...

Springtime is prime time for projects around the house, and some of them involve the use of a ladder of one kind or another. But as any do-it-yourselfer can tell you, a lapse in basic ladder safety ...

Don‘t brush off ladder safety rules because you‘ve used ladders all your life. You may learn a thing or two. How many times have you used an oil drum, a bucket, a box, or a chair to step on because a ...

Just about every fire apparatus carries ladders. Certainly, ladder companies have a whole assortment of various sizes, while engines often carry just a couple. Firefighters use ladders for a number of ...

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