Ladder Mover™ ladder dolly / ladder carrier

Safety – injury due to lifting and or carrying.
Everyone knows the danger of falling from a ladder, but most of us never think about the risk of injury from lifting and carrying a ladder. Most ladder involved injuries are caused by lifting and carrying. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), over 1 million professionals experience back injuries each year. Carrying a ladder at your side or on your shoulder exerts more than double the ladder weight on the spine. In other words, carrying a 50-pound ladder will load the spine with more than 100 additional pounds. Major back injuries often start small, happen incrementally and accumulate over time. Each minor injury produces additional scar tissue until one day, something as simple as bending over while brushing your teeth causes enough back pain to take your breath away. Help prevent injuries by using Ladder Mover to carry your ladders and supplies.

Safety – Injury or death due to contact with electricity.
Losing control while performing a “shoulder ladder carry” can project one end of the ladder over 12 feet high, possibly contacting power lines or building service entrance lines which could be deadly. One half of the ladder is always out of sight to the person carrying the ladder. Raising or lowering a ladder as well as “walking” a ladder in the vertical position could also cause contact with electricity. Safety experts say; “to avoid electrocution, never carry a ladder in the vertical position, always use a non-conductive ladder”. Every year, about 400 workers are killed by electricity, nearly all of them could have been saved if they had used non-conductive ladders, tools and recommended PPE. Even a phone line can be deadly when working from a ladder, the ringing voltage is high enough to jolt and startle a person in to a deadly fall.
Ladder Mover enables you to carry the ladder much closer to the ground and you can always see both ends of the ladder at the same time. This gives you much greater control, enabling you to quickly and precisely navigate the safest path while keeping the ladder low to the ground and staying away from overhead electricity.

Safety – Injury or property damage due to ladder impact.
When one person is hand carrying a ladder, they can only see one half of the ladder at a time. This creates a collision hazard that could end in property damage or personal injury. If two people are carrying the ladder then they have to coordinate every step, which is awkward. With one person on each end of the ladder, the turning radius is increased to the full length of the ladder, making it impossible to navigate tight winding trails and sharp corners. Ladder Mover eliminates these problems by giving you much greater control and full visibility of your ladder.

Safety - Injury or property damage due to tired worker.
An employee that is exhausted from carrying ladders and supplies is more likely to make a costly mistake or be involved in an accident. Let Ladder Mover carry your ladders and supplies so all of your energy can be spent doing the job for which the ladder is needed.

Safety – Falls due to ladder flex, bounce, electrical conductivity.
Some companies with good intentions try to save money and help their employees by buying lightweight type II or III aluminum ladders which conduct electricity. Even a non-lethal shock can knock a worker off of a ladder or startle them in to a lethal fall. While a lightweight aluminum ladder is easier to carry, it also creates a less safe working environment due to more flex, bounce and electrical conductivity, not to mention less weight capacity and possible lawsuit due to injury or death. Using Ladder Mover™, enables you to work safer by giving you the ability to easily carry a safer but heavier type IA or IAA fiberglass ladder that is also electrically insulated. It’s not only electricians that are exposed to dangerous electricity, anyone using a ladder outside can accidently come in contact with power lines while raising, lowering, moving or using a ladder. Inside work can also expose ladder users to electricity. According to the CDC around 400 people are killed by electricity every year, many are experienced linemen, painters, window washers, masons, carpenters, handymen. The common lifesaving measure that could have saved them is using non-conductive ladders, tools and recommended personal protective equipment.

Safety – injury or death due to falling from a ladder.
Experts say most ladder involved injuries and deaths due to falls can be traced back to using the wrong ladder for a particular job. For example; falling from a ladder due to overreaching or standing above the highest allowed step. These safety issues can be avoided by using a longer / taller ladder, which also increases the weight of the ladder. However, most workers instinctively grab the lightest ladder that can do the job, often times sacrificing needed length for a lighter load. No one wants to carry the heaviest ladder to their work area, so we tend to under estimate the length required while trying to prevent a back or shoulder injury. Ladder Mover removes "weight" from the ladder selection equation, enabling us to think "safety" when selecting the ideal ladder. Sometimes multiple ladders of different lengths and types are needed for the job to be done safely. To avoid multiple trips, workers tend to select one ladder that can be made to work awkwardly, and possibly outside of its safe usage parameters. Ladder Mover lets us roll multiple ladders and supplies in one easy trip, enabling us to use the exact ladders needed to safely and efficiently complete our job.

Extend the life of your ladder and your back.
Using Ladder Mover to gently roll and position your ladder can extend its life and help keep it in safe operating condition. Dropping a ladder can create bends and or hidden cracks that lead to catastrophic failure during use. Often times catastrophic failure happens at the highest point, when beginning our descent down the ladder as we tend to create a higher impact force when stepping down than when we climb up the ladder.

Reduce theft.
Thieves watch for unattended work trucks and trailers that workers sometimes leave open or unlocked while they are walking back and forth during transfer of tools and materials to the work area. I know a contractor that lost over a thousand dollars’ worth of power tools in less than 30 seconds while he was transferring materials in to the back yard through a small gate. It’s best to park as close as safely possible to the work area. However, there will be times when you must park a great distance away, due to any number reasons. Hospitals and commercial properties seldom allow close parking. Use Ladder Mover to transfer multiple ladders and supplies in one quick and easy trip.

Efficiently handle single person jobs.
Many jobs could be completed by a single worker if not for needing help when moving ladders and supplies. Ladder Mover can make your job safer, faster and easier.

Focus your energy where it’s needed most.
Carrying ladders and supplies wastes energy that could be more wisely spent on completing your primary job, such as painting, washing windows, cleaning gutters, cable inspection, satellite dish installation, security camera installation.

Save time / money.
Eliminate multiple trips back and forth from the work truck to the work area. Eliminate the need to stop another worker to help move a ladder or supplies. Don’t create temporary debris piles that must be moved later, instead pile the debris on your ladder for easy removal. Enable a single worker to handle a job that previously required two. The time you save means more money in your pocket.

Works with any portable ladder.
Carry ladders lying flat or tipped 90° on their side. The lying flat method enables you to carry multiple ladders and supplies. Tipping a ladder on its side allows you to navigate very narrow walkways or roll through narrow doorways. This works especially well with 'A' frame or step ladders that are much wider at the bottom.

Improve employee and customer satisfaction.
Employees will appreciate not having to carry heavy ladders and supplies. They will be proud of how much more they have accomplished. They’ll be in a better mood due to more energy and no back pain. Your customer’s will be impressed by your attention to worker and jobsite safety, no one wants their property damaged by ladders. They’ll also have a better opinion of your company when your employees are happy.

Reduce the chance of lawsuit.
Experts say companies can reduce the chance of litigation by using ladders of type IA or IAA, fiberglass. The reason being ladders are often shared on the jobsite with no way to know if someone exceeding the weight limit is going to use it or if they are going to use it while working near electricity. By providing your employees with the proper tools and instructions to do their jobs safely, you protect them and your company.

Will not damage your ladder.
Ladder Mover is made from 100% recyclable, non-toxic plastic that is strong enough to support multiple ladders and supplies. While the cradle is soft enough to not damage your ladder. The computer modeled design has a wide foot print that provides excellent stability and alignment between the hand truck and your ladder. It has just the right amount of cradle flex to help cushion a rough ride while providing enough rigidity for exceptional navigating control. The extra thick ribs and computer modeled curves direct the load forces to the strongest part of the hand truck toe plate.

Customize to fit your work environment.
It’s your hand truck, choose smooth rolling pneumatic tires or durable flat free tires. Choose between a steel frame or an aluminum frame. Be sure to see our recommended hand trucks. 

Always know where to find it.
Ladder Mover stores neatly between the hand truck handlebars when not moving ladders, so you will always know where to find it. Bright red color makes it easy to spot just about anywhere, reducing the chance of losing it. Safe to use in or around water, it floats, so you don’t have to worry about it sinking to the bottom of a lake, and it will never rust.

Faster, safer, and more efficient.
Using Ladder Mover™ to move your ladders and supplies is not only faster, safer and more efficient, it provides you with a hand truck on the jobsite without doing any extra work to get it there. The hand truck can be used for lifting, prying and hauling. Use it to clear various objects cluttering your work area and to safely move materials without injuring your back.

Ladder Mover™ uses very little space in your work vehicle.
A basic Hand truck occupies almost no additional floor space when you slip the toe plate under a toolbox or other item that you normally carry and stack items on the wheels. Ladder Mover stores on your hand truck between the upright handle bars. So, you always know where to find it, takes up no additional floor space and installs without tools.

Excellent value, high function to cost ratio.
Ladder Mover provides the most value for your dollar. The heavy-duty, highly reliable, one-piece design never needs replacement parts. It extends the usefulness of the hand truck and spreads your total cost across multiple products. This greatly reduces the average cost per function. For example; a $400 dedicated ladder dolly has only one function, it can carry one type of ladder in one position, the average cost per function is $400. The $40 Ladder Mover plus a $60 hand truck can carry any size and type of ladder in multiple positions. It can also carry boxes, appliances, shrubs, large flower pots, firewood, bricks, CMU, stones, paint buckets, toolboxes, pry fence posts out of the ground, move a trampoline, lift a lawn tractor for changing blades. It probably has over 20 functions, but let’s use only 15 for this example. $40 + $60 = $100 total Ladder Mover cost to own. $100 divided by 15 functions = $6.67 per function. As you can see, the Ladder Mover purchase is a 60 times better value based on cost per function alone.

Low cost.
Ladder Mover is priced low enough to justify occasional use by DIY home owners and durable enough to be used daily by professionals. Why pay hundreds of dollars for a single purpose ladder dolly, when you can get the low-cost Ladder Mover that out performs them all.