jasonrohrer
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I'm looking at Bauer ladders (apparently the last USA-made ladder company, Wooster Ohio).
They offer two different types of leveling legs:
1. Jershon Level-Eze automatic levelers attached to both legs
2. Levelok, with exclusive (to Bauer) low-profile KeyLok brackets attached to both legs, and one manually-leveling leg that you can switch between legs as needed.
The Jershon ones can be installed by the Bauer factory... I'm not sure about the KeyLok brackets.
The Jershon levelers seem like a clever idea (they are linked by a drive shaft that goes through a rung, with a gear linkage, so that when one leg goes down, the other goes up by the same amount). However, they have quite a few moving parts, so they just seem fragile to me... AND, if the auto-locking mechanism ever fails, I would imagine that if you lean the ladder left or right, the legs will "extend and contract" automatically to allow the ladder to keep leaning/falling in that direction. You really have to trust it.
But the other issue with the Jershon is that, to install them, the bottom feet of the ladder are cut off with a hack saw. It just seems like a cruel thing to do to a ladder, and very permanent. You can't change your mind, and remove them.
The Levelok leg, on the other hand, can be removed when you don't need to use it, and the native feet of the ladder remain in-tact.
However, the Levelok leg has to be extended by pushing a pedal with your foot.
Jershon levelers are made in the USA.
Levelok stuff now seems to be under the Werner brand, so maybe they got bought out?
Does anyone have experience with either of these? Any preferences?
They offer two different types of leveling legs:
1. Jershon Level-Eze automatic levelers attached to both legs
2. Levelok, with exclusive (to Bauer) low-profile KeyLok brackets attached to both legs, and one manually-leveling leg that you can switch between legs as needed.
The Jershon ones can be installed by the Bauer factory... I'm not sure about the KeyLok brackets.
The Jershon levelers seem like a clever idea (they are linked by a drive shaft that goes through a rung, with a gear linkage, so that when one leg goes down, the other goes up by the same amount). However, they have quite a few moving parts, so they just seem fragile to me... AND, if the auto-locking mechanism ever fails, I would imagine that if you lean the ladder left or right, the legs will "extend and contract" automatically to allow the ladder to keep leaning/falling in that direction. You really have to trust it.
But the other issue with the Jershon is that, to install them, the bottom feet of the ladder are cut off with a hack saw. It just seems like a cruel thing to do to a ladder, and very permanent. You can't change your mind, and remove them.
The Levelok leg, on the other hand, can be removed when you don't need to use it, and the native feet of the ladder remain in-tact.
However, the Levelok leg has to be extended by pushing a pedal with your foot.
Jershon levelers are made in the USA.
Levelok stuff now seems to be under the Werner brand, so maybe they got bought out?
Does anyone have experience with either of these? Any preferences?
