themoreweexplore wrote:
I'd love to see a video of someone actually getting on an airstream with a ladder with it on tge side, sticking up 3 feet past like you suggest. It'sounds a great idea in theory, or with a regular house, but i tried it once and it was far more dangerous, due to the curved edge of the airstream
I am not buying this. I've positioned ladders on the edges of buildings where the contact area between ladder and building is a knife edge. If the feet of the ladder are oriented correctly, the ladder won't topple or move.
If you are worried that the ladder will slide along the Airstream's curved surface, you might try to attach foam pipe insulation on the ladder's rails. An alternative is to secure the ladder with ropes or supports.
The most dangerous part of what you're doing with the top of the ladder below the roof is trying to position your feet on the rungs when descending. Besides the rungs being out of your sight, there is little space to place your foot through the rung.
Nobody is trying to beat you up on this but take a word from the pros that have been up on ladders, daily, for many years. Extending the ladder above the sidewall is the safest and correct manner to use an extension ladder.
