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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (1202171)	2/17/2020 7:30:19 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Winfastorlose Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575695

oh yeah and like you said the weigh, lefties have never built that or anything totally clueless. it would be a death ladder, so I say go for it. let lefties try it first, falling from 30 ft is not fun

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (1202171)	2/17/2020 7:35:39 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bill FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575695

the rails could be heavy chain with an open diameter to slot the re bar but the re bar would have to be locked in with a drill hole and a nail or wire a lot of labor but 30 plus feet would weigh 150- 250 pounds or more

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (1202171)	2/18/2020 12:14:49 PM
From: Heywood40	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 pocotrader Respond to of 1575695

With a hook at the top, the rebar is in tension. The tensile strength of #3 rebar is about 50,000 pounds. From the article: "The ladders appear to be made with two poles of 3/8-inch rebar and four thinner poles, outfitted with steps and bent over at the end in a U, to hook on the top of the wall. It's the sort of cubed rebar support structure used in construction in Mexico, called castillo." This configuration has been in use for decades in concrete construction and the Mexicans can crank them out all day long for almost nothing. Also from the article: "El Paso's urban stretch of border is littered with the rusted rebar ladders at the base on both sides — ladders lying in wait on the Mexican side, ladders pulled down by border agents or abandoned by smugglers on the U.S. side."