Re: Werner Attic Ladder S2200 Series

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I'm curious...does Werner have a lot of problems with their
ladders? I fell when the ladder I wa on a couple of weeks
ago literally folded up about a foot up from the shoe on
both sides of the front portion. i ended up shattering a
bone and having surgery a day and a half later. Is this a
common type of problem with the fiberglass ladders?

On 5/28/08, Nate wrote:
> Werner recently changed this ladder's design to eliminate
> the gear/rack arrangement to compress the struts that
> provide lift assist. The metal frame was changed to wood
> and it's shipped with pre-compressed struts. I found out
> the hard way that the 3 safety stops that hold the rack's
> position (on the prior design) until it's completely
> compressed don't work so well. The teeth on the rack
> severed my finger when it released. I was wondering if
> anyone knows how to find out why Werner eliminated this
> from their design recently, other than the obvious path of
> discovery. Not sure I want to go that route yet. Thanks
> for reading.