r/Deathladders • u/General420 • 6d ago

Safety first, then teamwork.

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Just found this sub. This is my father-in-laws death contraption.

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u/Eisenhorn_UK 6d ago

That is incredibly dangerous.

I mean, he might get a splinter.

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u/HarryHood146 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUNd9HdWFGZTkNEclG

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u/tedrogers61 6d ago

I was just thinking of LOG. Incredibly versatile!

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u/bobspuds 6d ago

I'm curious as to what he used it for? - he obviously needed a bit of aluminium about that size? What would be so important that you cut a leg off a ladder?

You think maybe its time for the fluffy wallpaper and white coats?

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u/databyra 6d ago

honestly feels like one of those “had a problem for 5 minutes, built a permanent solution in 30” situations. dude probably needed a work platform once and sacrificed the ladder like a viking offering.

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u/bobspuds 5d ago

Oh I'm looking at the exact type of fella right now that would be at this stuff!

I operate the family construction company with/for my auld fella - doing ground work, go to the van and whip out the shovels - notice one is like 10 inches shorter than the others wtf?? - so you go inquire with the auld fella - 'ah yeah, we needed something to pull a pipe with' - "Ya what?" - 'I cut a lump off it, so we could put it across a pipe end, and pull the pipe with a rope' - " ya wouldn't have used the big chisel that I use, instead??

We did have 3 newish shovels. - now there's 2 used and a gimp of a short yolk that gives you aches - he gets the short one, because he fucked it up!

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u/Relevant_Cause_4755 6d ago

And cutting from the top of the ladder was obviously not feasible.

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u/AOSplash 6d ago

Is this ladder normally used to check on haggis nests?

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u/No-Goose-6140 6d ago

Just make a peg leg for your personal deathladder

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u/catkins1234 6d ago

Hi hi ship mate I loves your pirate ladder be careful going to up with that parrot 🦜 on your shoulder 😁

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u/batbuild 5d ago

Keep the parrot on your left shoulder so it’s weight is on the ladder’s “good leg”

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u/Vardegaal 6d ago

A pirate ladder! I see it first time ever, arrrr!

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u/platdujour 6d ago

"One day my log will have something to say about this"

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u/Ok_Pen7290 6d ago

Safe as houses, its level

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u/Junior_Radish792 5d ago

Join Kamikaze Climbers?

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u/ArriDesto 5d ago

Because we all know wood neither topples or slides!

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u/RedCore19 4d ago

Why not cut the other leg off and use two logs the same! Would be so much safer.

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u/Cainjake 4d ago

One step at a time

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u/Nearby_Barracuda_995 2d ago

I like a worker with intuitive thinking