TimR wrote in
:

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?

They're out there; you just have to pay more. Steps cost a lot more
that flimsy spacers. ;-)

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Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX