Ladder Hangers

Haven't posted in awhile. Been living life and everything running pretty smoothly. Last weekend we had beautiful spring weather in Virginia so I decided to get my trimmer out and clean up around the place. As I was working my way around the shed it dawned on me that after seven years, I still hadn't gotten around to hanging up my ladders and they were still laying alongside the shed where I left them after I moved in. Grass & weeds grows up between the ladders and I can't get the mower in close enough to trim. One time I even go too close while mowing and I got the extension ladder rope completely tangled around the blades of my riding mower. Took me over an hour to get untangled and now one of the ladders has a very short rope. You think this would have prompted me to do something. So I decided today was the day to see if I could figure out a way to hang them.

 The obvious thing would be to run to the hardware store and pickup a few sets of the ladder hangers. I however a) didn't feel like running out and b) am cheap and would prefer to use something I already have. Ran into the garage to rummage through my drawers of miscellaneous stuff. Finally came across the 8" spikes I had used to install my edging for my patio and walkway. It gave me an idea. Why not use the spikes as hangers?



Took no time at all to pound the spikes into the wall studs. You could see from the exterior where the siding was nailed to the stud so this made it very easy. Six spikes later, I had hangers for all three ladders. I put the lightest aluminum step ladder on the highest spikes. The extension ladders are too heavy for me to lift that high above my head. I now have my ladders neatly hanging off the ground and no longer have to trim around them. As you can see below, I can now just mow along the shed. Why did I not do this sooner? Such a simple solution.



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