Pro tip: My ladder buckled on me mid-job in Phoenix last Wednesday

I was up on a two-story house running RG6 through the attic vent, and right as I shifted my weight to reach the junction box, my fiberglass ladder just gave a loud crack and folded in half like a cheap lawn chair. I went down hard onto the concrete driveway, sprained my wrist pretty bad and ripped my new work pants. Turns out I had a hairline crack in one of the rails from when I hit a low-hanging branch last month, and I never checked it. So there I am, lying on the ground with coax cable tangled around my legs, the homeowner just staring from the kitchen window. I had to call my buddy to bring his spare ladder so I could finish the job. Has anyone else had a ladder fail on them like that, or am I just the unlucky one who learned the hard way?

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julia_patel13d ago

Damn dude, did you at least check the other rail for cracks before climbing his ladder?

the_logan13d ago

Three rungs up and that rail probably looked fine from the ground... @julia_patel you're acting like he was climbing Everest, sometimes a ladder's just a ladder.