"TimR" wrote in message
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One thing I noticed when I lived in Europe for a few years is that all
the stepladders were made with steps on both sides. Not like American
ladders where you could only climb one side.

I'm not sure if they did that to simplify manufacturing or for
convenience in use, but I like it a lot. You never had to swing a
ladder around because the screws were on the other side, you could get
two people changing one lightbulb, etc.

Do they make any US stepladders like that?

Yes, they do, but they are not the norm. There's one that bends to all
sorts of combinations that I would like to get. But just for the common
ladder, I agree with you that making them with steps only on one side is
dumb. PLUS, the other side of the ladder is much weaker and lighter and
flimsier.

Steve