LADDERS &

[xkvator]

while we're on the subject of ladders...i saw an ad in the Home Depot paper for a SPECIAL BUY on an 8' aluminum stepladder for $49. While i was there yesterday, i looked at it - MADE IN CHINA.
across the street at LOWES was a WERNER...MADE IN USA for $49.
i know electricians prefer fiberglass, but if you need a ladder for other tasks...or for the wife to paint, etc. ;) , buy the one MADE IN USA.

ALSO...most of home depot's hand tools - wratchets, wrenches, screwdrivers are now made in taiwan :mad:

did you know? - Werner makes a 60' extension ladder...I'm not going up :eek:

[mdshunk]

did you know? - Werner makes a 60' extension ladder...I'm not going up :eek:
I saw some painters using a long 3 or 4 section ladder once that must have been that long. It had wheels on the topmost fly section. Pretty cool. A regular 20' ladder can get rockin' and rollin' in a breeze. You'd get sea sick on a 60 footer, I'd think.

[Speedy Petey]

I've been up fully extended 40 footers in the past. I vowed never again. Get me a bucket truck next time!

[acer66]

while we're on the subject of ladders...i saw an ad in the Home Depot paper for a SPECIAL BUY on an 8' aluminum stepladder for $49. While i was there yesterday, i looked at it - MADE IN CHINA.
across the street at LOWES was a WERNER...MADE IN USA for $49.
i know electricians prefer fiberglass, but if you need a ladder for other tasks...or for the wife to paint, etc. ;) , buy the one MADE IN USA.

ALSO...most of home depot's hand tools - wratchets, wrenches, screwdrivers are now made in taiwan :mad:

did you know? - Werner makes a 60' extension ladder...I'm not going up :eek:

thats why i bought my ladder at lowes but it is getting harder and harder to get tools etc made in usa, most of my stuff is made usa or germany, but you never know where a company mades there stuff, i just bought one of those metabo power grips and it is made in guess what in PRC