Raising an extension ladder

[RobA]

Has anyone ever used the bucket of their tractor or the bed of a pickup to lift an extension ladder to reach higher? Is this one of those things that's not exactly safe but people do it anyway?

I need to change out a light fixture at the peak of my barn. It's about 24 feet up and my ladder won't reach high enough. I've rented a portable man lift before but wanted to avoid doing that.

 

[Thomas]

No comment.

 

[bcp]

Don't do this.

ladder fail at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

duckduckgo.com

Bruce

 

[bcp]

Could you do it from the inside of the barn if you made a small door to reach through? Or remount the light on a small door that swings inward? And maybe a platform inside that your ladder can reach.

Bruce

 

[Rustyiron]

Has anyone ever used the bucket of their tractor or the bed of a pickup to lift an extension ladder to reach higher?

No but I've seen it on YouTube
Watch c/l and find a taller ladder. How high are we talking? I have put a ladder on a flatbed truck for about 4' if the conditions were just right, but that was back when I was still bullet proof and ladders and scaffolding was used daily in my building business.

 

[CobyRupert]

On one hand, the bucket is a good rigid flat surface and the ladder’s feet can’t slide away from the building...
....but on the other hand...

 

[Diggin It]

Hey Bubba!!!



(OK, MAYBE the pickup truck bed gig might work.)

 

[Hay Dude]

Use a pickup truck instead

 

[LouNY]

Do you mean like this?
Works, be carefull

https://www.staxtradecentres.co.uk/files/images/3S.jpg

 

[5030]

I knew Telehandlers were multi-purpose....