Homemade Ladder Spreader Bars

I wanted to share my version of homemade spreader bars for my Misty Mountain Ladders. I love Misty Mountain stuff, but spreader bars are very helpful.

I found these parts at Lowe's. Its an 3/4 open ended PVC T with 3/4 threads. I used a 3" nipple which was the right size for my hands. I chose to use a bungie to attache them to the ladders so I could remove them if I ever wanted to.

All in all I spent $9 (including the Gatorade).

This is pretty slick. The only downside is if you ever use the spreader bar as a handle/pull loop you'll rip it right off the aider and probably fall.

There's gotta be a more secure way of attaching the PVC.

You are certainly going to want them attached more securely.

My thoughts were that the handle loop and the top step would provide the secure handle rather then the spreader bar.

For the ladders I made I used 1/2" PVC cut to about 5" long with a piece of 9/16" webbing going through.

I used an old soldering iron to melt a couple holes in the webbing, and drilled holes 1/2" from the ends of the tube (best to use the holes in the PVC to mark the webbing for its holes). I then used some pop rivets with some washers (fit is critical, need to be a little over sized to the rivet body, but I forget the size)) to weld it all together.

Some sewing with #69 nylon thread securely attached the spreader to the ladder. The spreader will get yarded on, so bungy cord won't do.