2023 Ladder Inspection & Maintenance Season Has Begun!
US Safety’s 2023 Ladder Safety & Inspection season has begun! Whenever I tell someone what I do as a company, there is always a bit of disbelief, “you fix what?” I have a prepared explanation of what I do. Often people have one of two responses, “that is really cool” or “that isn’t a real job” after five years the responses never disappoint.
If you look carefully at the ladder pictures you can see it is bent, enough that the ladder will be difficult to extend and retract. Part of what I do is maintenance: replace the rope, worn feet, bad rungs, bad rung locks, & random hardware. The bigger part of what we do is find cracks that may cause failure in the future or make adjustments (unbend) to ladders that make them safer, easier, & more efficient to use for the technician.
This bent ladder would still get used, but the potential for an injured shoulder extending the ladder is increased significantly. Ladder maintenance is about more than finding BAD ladders or fixing BAD ladders. Ladder maintenance is about supplying technicians with the highest performing tool to help keep them safe and efficient on the job. You don’t send your technician in the field with a drill with a bad battery, don’t send your technician to the field with an underperforming ladder.
The ladder pictured below obliviously sustained some type of fall recently leaving it curved. Using a series of adjustments to the ladder we were able to get the ladder straight and back in service in 15 minutes. If you have ladders that don’t function well, give us a call!
Call us today to schedule your annual ladder maintenance visit! 847-460-2087 or email chad@ladderrepairs.com
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