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Setting your ladder feet is essential to keeping you safe. Set the extension feet like this! #ladder

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This instructional video demonstrates the crucial steps for safely setting up an extension ladder by properly adjusting its feet based on the surface type. It emphasizes preventing accidents by using padded feet on hard surfaces like concrete and engaging spike feet on soft, uneven grounds like dirt, grass, gravel, or bark. The video highlights the dangers of incorrect foot selection and provides a clear demonstration of how to correctly secure the ladder before ascending.

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Make sure when you're on dirt, grass, rock, gravel, bark, make sure your ladder feet are set correctly. If you're on concrete, the padded feet down. If you're on dirt, gravel, rock, stuff, spikes down. So, you do not want your pads down like this. On gravel, it could slide. On grass, especially wet grass, it can slide. So, make sure you properly set them. Very simple. Raise it up. kick it forward. Now they're set. Hit the spikes down. It'll grab and hold. So that's extremely dangerous on rock.

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