He dragged in what looks like a ten foot step ladder and no one saw a thing
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That is a 600 dollar ladder at Home Depot or Lowes, more at a hardware store. It weighs about 50 to 60 pounds. It is awkward and bulky, hard to carry. It will not fit on or in any car or mini van. You would need a truck with a rack to transport it, tied down with ratchet straps.
Source? Me, I am a contractor.
Not a contractor, but I own a type III Werner fiberglass ladder and can concur.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Werner-10-ft-Fiberglass-Step-Ladder-14-ft-Reach-Height-300-lb-Load-Capacity-Type-IA-Duty-Rating-NXT1A10/100664452
If it really is a werner 10 foot ladder it's only $250 and it weighs 39 pounds
The photo doesn't show the full ladder, but it appears to have 9 rungs like a 10' ladder. So where did it come from? Did the shooter park in the lot behind the building with all the LEO or did he carry it from somewhere? Or was it left there? What was he driving, I believe reports said "car" and not "truck". I'd like to see how he transported a 10' ladder in a car.
Apparently he walked a mile with it lol, I'm not going to bother getting bogged down questioning that, that will just muddy the waters.
Ok, so the official story is he carried the ladder and rifle, I don't have a hard time believing that and I think questioning it isn't a good strategy to get to the bottom of this and be taken seriously anyway.
What I do have a hard time believing is that no one stopped him.
Yep. We have one. Very heavy and awkward to move. Takes 2 people…minimum. Had it delivered bc we don’t own a vehicle big enough to transport it.
You can hang a 12' ladder out of a 7' pickup bed ----- 5' will hang out
One person can stand it up if you know what you are doing.
You shove the base where the wall meets the the ground and walk it up. Then move the base out away from the building. Pull the rope for the extension if needed. Have done it myself.
It's not that type of ladder. It's an A Frame ladder, no extension. It looks like it is a 10' ladder from pic, but could be 12', can't see bottom. If it's 10', not really a big deal. A 12' ladder is very cumbersome. Not just to carry, but to drive and deliver
Extension ladders are even heavier ---- they are essentially 2 ladders.
Well, THAT’s not accurate. If you have any kind of normal strength, you can carry this on your own. Ask me how I know.
Yeah idk what they're on about, this is ridiculous, I move a ladder like this all the time, what's surprising is that security didn't stop him.
Also they're not $600, and even if they were who cares, the kid knew he was going to die and probably had a credit card, it could've been $1000
Could have been his dad’s, he could have had it for years, he could have stolen it. All possibilities although we know it was set up for him.
That doesn't weigh shit. I move a 24' extension ladder myself on the regular. It doesn't cost $600 either, as LTL said.
Agree. Can hardly believe this talk about weight and cost of ladders.
The shooter drove a full size van. He could have carried enough ladder.
But he may have had “ladder assist” and didn’t need to being one.
USSS probably delivered it for him and set it up on the building. They did all they could do to help him out!
Those ladders are heavy AF. We did 4-person carries in the 🔥 academy
at least 12' ----- rungs are a foot apart
Judging by the building ribs it's 12' high.