Try with the steps shorter so it leans more and supports against the gable boards instead without touching VP
Absolutely, it's fine, what you should do is jump on the last step so the ladder sinks a few decimeters into the lawn or level with the last step. With such a long ladder, it will flex in the middle, and then the spikes tend to dig up. So if you have the opportunity to point a couple (at least 45X45) and drive them down so the ladder stands against them, you're safe.
As it stands in the pictures, it does not touch the VP. If you mean the blue\gray vertical boards, you will need to shorten the steps, which means it must lean much more, increasing the risk of it losing grip and sliding down if the slope. Moreover, it felt like the steps somehow wedged themselves on the fascia board there since it doesn't easily slide to the left.L Leif i Skåne said:
With the nail down in the lawn, it feels quite stable, and the ladder is not very extended, i.e., it holds together on a fairly long surface, so it doesn't flex very much either. But of course, it moves slightly more than usual; you can tell there are slightly higher forces in this particular case.J jonaserik said:
The ladder has a few years on its back but has worked very well! However, I noticed there is rust on a few rivets.
It's for the hook that is a 1/2 position holder, I'll try scraping them a little and hope it's just surface rust, otherwise I'll probably have to wait with the job and buy a new ladder first.
