On 26/01/2014 18:11, Rick Hughes wrote:
On 24/01/2014 23:06, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Just had a 'special offer' e mail from Toolsatan;


http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p331... ign=140124-UK



And a new Wickes catalogue with this offer on the front;

http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/170000

Since they are both owned by Travis Perkins you would think they would
talk to each other.

Wonder what happens in the Wickes branches with a Toolsatan inside?

Toolstation one is decidedly higher load rating .. almost 30%
depends if that is important to you.

Only apparently so. They are quoting two different things; static load
and dynamic load. Static load will always be higher than dynamic load.
If you look at the feet and hinges, they are both yellow, which was the
colour for BS Class 2 ladders, before Class 2 was replaced by EN131,
which has no official colour. The static load for those is 150kg and the
dynamic load is 115kg.

Colin Bignell