Or you could just do the "right thing", and use one of these from this link
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/tools/article/0,16417,1042797-3,00.html
I think it would also be much safer ... not cheaper but better.
> > Any help you can give me with the attic stairs would be greatly
>appreciated.
>> I could send pictures to Ashford to post on his garage site if that's still
>> available.
>
>I don't know that this is strictly helpful, Tom, but my garage
>"attic stairs" is
>a 24' extension ladder pivoted at one end. Since my garage ceiling
>is only 8',
>I use a simple hook to hold the ladder up out of way when it's not being used.
>But it would be easy enough to rig a rope & pulley to hold it, if it were next
>to a wall or pillar where the rope could be tied off. Or even a cheap power
>hoist ?
>
>For me, it's also a convenient place to store my rarely-used extension ladder.
>The pivot is a length of 1" black iron pipe laying across two rafters and
>threaded through the tubular top step on the ladder, so to remove
>the extension
>ladder for use I just climb up on a stepladder (stored in a different place in
>the garage) and slide the pipe out of the ladder.
>
>Randall
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Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1970 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA
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