ladder construction

[Electric Comet]

maybe now is a good time to start making cheap wooden ladders to ship south of the border

a good time to start the conversation on methods and techniques and materials

kiln dried douglas fir comes to mind first

light and strong

but for the treads traditional dowels might not be durable enough

i think bolting the treads so the edge is stepped on is the quickest way to go

this way no material is removed and hence no cuts just drill then glue and bolt

nut and bolt so that they can be tightened and loosened for quick assembly

[notbob]

.....or ropes.

nb

[Larry Kraus]

Hemp would be the traditional material. ;)

[krw]

Nah, the ropes are needed for the ones who use the ladders.

[Eli the Bearded]

The San Francisco Fire Department is last in the country to still build their own wooden ladders. Here's a little news puff piece about the process:

They age the douglas fir 15 years on premises before they start to work it according to that.

Lots of over-head power lines around the city for electric trains and busses, which by necessity are uninsulated. So metal ladders are considered an electrocution risk.

Elijah

------ has seen them up close, nice looking ladders

[Leon]

We need to do something to stop the flow but I hope those that will be considering securing the borders with walls also consider that a lot of the unwanted across the border traffic is underground.

[Markem]

Nope Trump in going to build a line of Condos from the Gulf to the pacific, and there's your wall.

[Ed Pawlowski]

We have to un-invent the airplane too.

[notbob]

Unfortunately, the condos will be occupied by illegals willing to pay to live 8 residents per room to be on this side of the border.

Maybe that's what Trump meant when he sed it would be a Trump wall. Trump branded living quarters all along "The Wall". ;)

nb

[Puckdropper]

Leon wrote in news:57qdncQ5Jd5-C7XFnZ2dnUU7- [e-mail]:

Here's a nutty idea... Build a couple casinos a couple hour's drive from the US border, say 50-100 miles. This is IN Mexico. Now we'll have flow moving in both directions and the net will be 0. Problem solved!

I still don't understand the appeal of a machine you put a coin in, pull a lever and it tells you if you won.

Puckdropper

[J. Clarke]

Hey, you may be onto something. Move all the illegals into Trump Condos lining the border, then sell the condos to Mexico.

[Ed Pawlowski]

But the next pull may be the big jackpot . . . Just like the various lottery tickets. The lower your income the more you buy. Tax on the uneducated mostly.

[krw]

It's not all that difficult of a problem to solve. Just start throwing their employers, even mom and pops hiring them as nannies, in jail. Of course, the criminals, gang and cartel members' heads have to be hung on pikes along the border.

[krw]

Hmm. Maybe that's what he meant when he said the Mexicans would pay for the wall.

[krw]

No, just re-invent the anti-aircraft battery.

[krw]

Yes, it's well known as a "poor tax" or a "stupid tax". When I lived in Alabama, it was rather nice that gas stations and grocery stores weren't littered up with scratch-offs. OTOH, every corner seemed to have two "title loan" or "payday loan" storefronts. That's not unique to Alabama, though.

As far as casinos go, I might get interested in playing cards or dice, in the right circumstances. A video machine? Not a chance. ;-)

[Electric Comet]

kiln drying is what the playset makers do but if you season it for 15 years i guess that would work too

the fd probably know their demand way in advance so they can season just what they need

and fiberglass ladders are heavy and more expensive

[Electric Comet]

no rope making equipment here

too hard to climb

[Electric Comet]

also there are drones that can take 100kg payload

[Larry Kraus]

Fiberglass ladders are not as heavy as wood, especially when wet.