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I find it interesting that they list "Can be exposed to heat and flame and retain strength" as a property of wooden ladders, but "Can burn when exposed to flame
by LeifCarrotson 8y ago
I find it interesting that they list "Can be exposed to heat and flame and retain strength" as a property of wooden ladders, but "Can burn when exposed to flame" as a property of fiberglass ladders.
- fencepost 8y agoWood burns, but doesn't burst into flame with heat and stress. Do fiberglass ladders start to separate into fibers and epoxy under stress conditions, and is that very fine material prone to rapid ignition?
- Retric 8y agoToss a wood log on top of a fire for 10 minutes then rinse it off with water and you have basically the same wooden log. That fits with how firefighters use ladders because they are trying to put fires out. It's much larger issue if a ladder is exposed to high temperatures then suddenly fails without warning.