Practice question

Wind, ice, and snow on the ladder beams typically:

  1. Have no effect on rated capacity
  2. Reduce safe operating capacity and require derate per manufacturer guidance
  3. Increase capacity due to compression
  4. Only matter on platforms

Answer: B — Reduce safe operating capacity and require derate per manufacturer guidance

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