Leon Fisk wrote:
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:52:34 -0700
wrote:

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The pity is that I have a nice ag ladder that would work really well.
It won't fit in the garage, though.

One last idea, take some pictures of your garage in the area you need
to get at and post them some place that we can all look at them. If
nothing else you should get lots of amusing suggestions. Some might
even be doable ;-)

Apologies to all while I continue to lash the deceased equine.

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That lever arm still bugs me greatly.
My ~300 lbs. dangling in space is gonna put some real torque
on whatever tiny overlap there is, in a direction the ladder
was never designed to handle...

I weigh ~170 lbs (6ft 2in tall), maybe why I'm a bit more daring.

(One man's 'daring' is another man's...)

I sympathize with your limitations in this area...

Thank you Leon.

I still think though
that if the ladder is within its spec range lapping wise you should be
okay. You could take some rope and basically make a whip stitch up both
legs:

http://www.holiday-crafts-and-creati...ip-stitch.html

Use a good rubber strap to tension the slack in the stitching. This
would be pretty solid for a temporary setup.

Nup. Ain't gonna do it.

I don't want my last thought to be "I *knew* it was dangerous"!
Bending a fully extended ladder backwards is probably going
to result in the failure of that ladder. The rope and rubber
strap will only keep the pieces together so that the coroner
can arrive at a conclusion (after he stops laughing).

If the ladder has to be extended that far above the ceiling joist
though, I would think you would have room to lay a sheet of plywood on
top of the ceiling joist and work off that platform with another step
ladder or something (I think Larry mentioned this).

The top of the 2 x's host the gas pipe and electrical conduit.
Those're the things I don't want to disturb.

Well... think I've beat this one to death, unless you post some
pictures or something

As Artie mentioned yesterday, the gain ain't worth the pain.
I have many other (high priority) "honey-do's" on the list
so I'm going to do them instead.

Thank you for your thoughts.

--Winston