Fundude...I think the operative word in your statement is "Ladder"...Don't know any "Linemen" who use one, hooks, lay up stick and climbing trees were about it...we had a ladder on the flatbed rack but it was preformed on and NEVER come off...but that was just a way of life then..back in the old days..
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