Extension Ladder Holder For Pickups

Extension Ladder Holder For Pickups PICKUPS Accessories 29-3-25 Ron Huber was just being a "good" husband when he came up with a great idea. "My wife wanted me to put a star on top of an outdoor Christmas tree that was about 28 ft. tall. Being a typical male, I took the extension ladder and leaned it up against the tree," he says, laughing. "Have you ever done a polka, rumba and waltz all the same time on a ladder? I got up four rungs and decided that wasn't the way to go." Instead, he came up with a ladder-holding attachment that slips into a slide receiver hitch and holds a Class One ladder, angling backwards from the rear of the truck. The ladder holder is about 90 in. wide, made of solid steel, and weighs about 46 lbs. Its one leg jacks down from the hitch about 36 in. to hold the truck down. Four 5/8-in. nylon ropes about 12 ft. long each attach to the truck's box stake pockets with an attachment you have a fabricator make. "I can make them up, but it's more costly than having someone else make them," Huber says. Ratcheting straps not included attach to the long ends of the ropes. "It's ideal for tree work, window cleaning and repair, gutter cleaning, painting and many other chores," says Huber. Sells for $999. A commercial model comes with two extension arms and two screw jacks. Sells for $1,499. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Rondy PELA Company, 8717 Dal Mar Drive North, Brainerd, Minn. 56401 (ph 218 828-8054; email: skip_per@charter.net; website: www.uslink.net/~knuckles/).

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