Ladder Hooks - Five Minutes That May Save Your Life!

[@yorkrojas1452]

Dude, you just saved so many Lives!! Thanks Brother!!

[@dudemcmann6936]

You're an un-replacable resource, Joe. Me and a professional roofing buddy, who had no experience with slate, re-slated the roof on my 1885 Victorian a few years back with tools I got from you, the Slate Roof Bible and your very informative videos. You saved me tens of thousands of dollars and taught me and my friend incredibly valuable new skills.

[@EustisRider]

Super helpful. Never used these before and I got the link via a Home Depot review. Thank you!!

[@cliverichards9850]

Thank you very much for your time making this useful, informative lesson

[@meetneil3246]

Excellent safety advice! Taught me about the wheel only has to be straight on hook ridge ladder bracket. Thanks!

[@demon22slayer]

he absolutely correct i bought the red ones with the swivel and it did exactly what he said. luckily I had enough leverage to correct it .

[@tonyguar]

I'm so glad I watched this video. Very educational and to the point. Thanks!

[@alir.9894]

Any chance you can actually show us how to take the ladder up on the roof and use it? Thanks for the video - still useful.

[@Rezornch_and_Dvelenktronx]

Excellent!!! Thank you for sharing!

[@TCGGRIZL]

Hi I know this video is old but I have to ask will these fit on the extendable ladders ( A frame ladder) the ones you can use on stairs etc

[@jcjenkins01]

The hooks will fit on any rigid single ladder section.

[@zuroniumazuritum]

Thanks Joe!

[@tristan363]

Thanks, great video, may save my life! Why can you not use it on an extension ladder. I just bought these hooks and plan to use them on a long steepish roof. Only extension ladders are tall enough to reach the top. I'll be using a 22 step little giant ladder. The hooks fit fin, so why would you not recommend it?

[@John01GM40]

fascinating how standards vary between USA and elsewhere. The idea of a single pivoting angle iron for a roof ladder frankly terrifies me. In Europe you would use 2 hooks per ladder and they would have round (rubber coated) ends, not angle iron, and they won't pivot.

[@williamcrawford1085]

Your sshouodn to use two hooks here in the states too.

[@Ojb_1959]

How well will the hook work on a metal roof? I’m thinking about making one similar to “The Goat” but with a 16’ 2x4 and steps eliminating the bulk of a ladder.

[@Rezornch_and_Dvelenktronx]

Excellent idea!!! I want to make one, too. Been dreaming up designs… If you make something, please post a short video on KZbin with a title that we can search (Something like: DIY Goat roofing hook) Best wishes.

[@JasonLambPage]

You've saved our lives in just 4 min and 19 sec.

[@jcjenkins01]

Very observant. The original video was 5 minutes and had over 17,000 views. I deleted it, edited out 45 seconds of it, and then uploaded it again yesterday. The ACRO yellow ladder hook had a design problem in that it bent when used. I pointed this out in the original video, but ACRO redesigned the hook to fix this design flaw. Now the ACRO hook is reinforced where the bending used to take place. Therefore, I cut out the comments about their hook bending. Now if Qualcraft would fix their stupid rotating wheel, I will be able to take down the entire video.

[@JasonLambPage]

Joe Jenkins I bought two of the yellow ones from you... real nice product. Roll it up, flip it, adjust as needed.

[@Scrollermania1963]

@@jcjenkins01 Even if they do fix and replace the swivel wheel with a fixed wheel... Please dont take this video down ......it could still save a lot of lives.... Just for the details you address alone ......😎

[@jcjenkins01]

@@Scrollermania1963 I've been trying to get them to fix that hazard for 10 years. Seems they don't care enough.

[@Scrollermania1963]

@@jcjenkins01 Thats sad that even after all that time they didnt modify it yet......speaks volumes of the character of the owner and designer of that product to fail to see what you and many of us call dangerous practice.

[@megamace]

thanks - great info!

[@Robertjustice101]

Can you use them on any roof pitch.

[@jcjenkins01]

Yes

[@Robertjustice101]

@@jcjenkins01 Thanks

[@dormindont1]

Очень полезное устройство, спасибо что поделились👍👍👍👍👍

[@williamcrawford1085]

You should use two hooks per ladder

[@jcjenkins01]

Too heavy. Some ladder hook manufacturers recommend two hooks for their product, but ACRO hooks use one per ladder only.

[@sweettony9359]

I understand the danger of the swivel wheel but if you just want to move the ladder, say, 3 feet to the right from where it is you can stand on your main ladder, flip the roof ladder, and wheel it sideways three feet, flip it over and up you go. Otherwise, you need to bring the roof ladder down off the roof, rearrange your main ladder, bring the roof ladder back up, and reset it each time. Right?

[@jcjenkins01]

No. It's easy to slide the ladder along a metal ridge. Just flip it over and slide it. Or, get on the ridge, pull the ladder up to its balance point, and slide it along. Or, roll it from below, such as from a ground ladder or from a roof scaffold.

[@toddbrown3055]

Makes complete sense using a non swivel wheel.

[@Alex-ec1lu]

1:40 you could somehow fix the wheel in position

[@laurietop8731]

Have you found any aluminum ladder hooks? As a woman, the lighter weight would really increase safety for me.

[@jcjenkins01]

No aluminum ones in the USA.

[@laurietop8731]

@@jcjenkins01 Is that an OSHA regulation?

[@jcjenkins01]

@@laurietop8731 No. Just that steel is stronger.

[@jcjenkins01]

@@laurietop8731 No, in fact I did an Amazon search and they do have aluminum ladder hooks now.

[@laurietop8731]

@@jcjenkins01 Can you give me an idea of where to find them? I searched extensively (I thought), and only found them available in the UK.

[@drpoundsign]

why not add a safety cable to the hook and tie it to a tree or post??

[@rodbender6184]

How many people ever had a hook ladder flop over. Do they still make ladderhooks with a swivel wheel? They should be outlawed!

[@JPurvis10]

As of this writing, yes that do. I replaced the swivel wheel with a static wheel. Much better.

[@ronniehamilton4966]

Why not just buy a crawler ladder that has hooks on it and you can extend?

[@jcjenkins01]

On high steep roofs, especially large ones, hook ladders can be carried along the ridge by standing upright and walking like on a tightrope. On most restoration jobs, one hook ladder remains in place to allow access to the ridge from the eaves. Other hook ladders are carried to various places around the roof by walking the ridges. Single-section ladders with one hook at one end allow for this maneuvering.

[@kenttheboomer721]

Five minutes? Dunno if my patience will extend that far. How about FOUR minutes?

[@blackamericanoutdoorsmanll9179]

Why should you have a video and not show how it's done? 💁🏾‍♂️

[@boobaciss]

You can J-B weld that wheel so it doesn't spin

[@jcjenkins01]

Maybe, but we can't sell them like that.

[@boobaciss]

Let me rephrase that. Anyone who buys that brand, like I just did could just jb weld the swivel so it doesn't move. Very good video tho , you kept me from finding out the hard way

[@Ojb_1959]

Or just replace it with a wheel of the same size that doesn’t swivel.

[@criconinvestments7723]

This is a lazy demonstration lol

[@zacharywarner1678]

Excellent video, thankyou!