Lee, does this latter have a single length of wood that you pivot out to hold the latter up? I use to pick apricots off a latter like this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee A. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind Handyman" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] fruit tree ladder
> > > Have you ever seen what I call a fruit tree ladder that comes in two > pieces ? the laddere I cannot find but need at the moment is maybe 12 > feet tall when totally assembled. the top of the ladder is very narrow > so it can fit between limbs of a apple or peach tree. we had this ladder > passed down in the family from many years ago. the top half of the > ladder has these deep groves whereas the top slides onto the bottom to > make a very sturdy ladder for climbing. what I have used the bottom > half of this ladder over the years is for washing walls or celings and > painting in stair ways. that shorter bottom half which is just over six > feet would set on a stair as one climbs a stairway and the ladder would > reach up along the wall so you could run a 12 by 2 plank from the > stairs to the ladder making a pretty safe work place which is easily > changed for different levels of working. Have you ever seen such a two > piece ladder maybe manufactured in the 20's or 30's ? Lee > > > -- > I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in > my body. Then I realized who was telling me this. > -- Emo Phillips > Do you Jabber? I do. My JID is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
