Transport ladder by bike?

[newfhouse]

Do you have a spare wheel and some wooden battens? Could you make the ladder into something like a tag-along and tow it, perhaps attached to a rear rack?

Edit: beaten to it by figbat.
Further edit: very poor sketch attached for clarity and comedic value.

 

[HLaB]

How can I transport a 6ft (about 1.8m) tall folding ladder on a bike?

Define a folding ladder: one of those indoor decorator's ladder that you open up and has steps on one side. The other side is there for balance, forming an "A" shape.
How far do I have to transport it? 3 miles, on roads.
Do I have a trailer? Nope, just a bike and bungee cords.

I tried finding pictures of window cleaners transporting ladder by bike but to no avail.

https://www.newsflare.com/video/147292/entertainment-arts/man-cycling-with-a-ladder

 

[MichaelW2]

I put an paper-recycling green plastic carton onto my flatbed y-frame trailer and fix long loads to the top of the carton.

 

[sheddy]

Jackie Chan may have done it.

 

[Chislenko]

I'd just take it step by step.

 

[slowmotion]

Buy a yellow duster and tape it to the thinnest end of the ladder. Then ring Uber. Stick the duster end out of the passenger front seat window with you in the back seat with the other end.

Don't forget to wear a face mask.

 

[mustang1]

I got a pickup truck in the end.

 

[HLaB]

I got a pickup truck in the end.

How did you carry that ?

 

[mustang1]

How did you carry that ?

I'm sure there's a jokoe in there somewhere but I missed it. But anyway, in the flatbed part (I think it's called a flatbed.... the trunk).

 

[matticus]

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Looks a bit dodgy to me.

I hope his R2' unit doesn't take a hit, things could get dicey :-/

 

[simongt]

I tried finding pictures of window cleaners transporting ladder by bike but to no avail.

When I was a wee lad back in the fifties, there were window cleaners who had a sidecar type frame on to which they would put their ladder/s and plonk the bucket betwixt the rungs of said horizontal ladder/s - !

 

[Gravity Aided]

Not your standard frame though. Look how far the rear wheel is behind the seat tube.

Xtra cycle, thought about making one, but the wheelbase is really long. A surfboard carrier might be better.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Xtra cycle, thought about making one, but the wheelbase is really long.

They ride beautifully though, Just saying...

 

[freiston]

Which arm do you feel safer holding & controlling the bike with whilst using only one arm. Then it'd be something like this, but with the feet trailing.
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This is how my dad had to do it as an apprentice painter & decorator back in the late 50s (if I recall his description correctly) but I think he had the ladder top at the front and bottom at the back and more horizontal.

 

[classic33]

This is how my dad had to do it as an apprentice painter & decorator back in the late 50s (if I recall his description correctly) but I think he had the ladder top at the front and bottom at the back and more horizontal.

T'is why I said with feet trailing. As pictured if it catches anything, it'll push it back at you, jamming under the armpit.