Posted By JodyW I am struggling to figure out what is the difference between a ladder and a step? Can anyone make sense of this for me - I am looking at ladder safety and despite looking at numerous pictures and reading numerous definitions - it seems to be the same thing to me. I know this sounds like the dumbest question ever, but if you've not been around trade a lot then things like this can seem tough to comprehend.

Posted By Flic Or do you mean the difference between a ladder, which has to be rested against something, such as a wall, in order to be able to use it, and a step ladder which has two sides, opens out and is self supporting? Flic

Posted By JodyW Thank you Dave that's it - don't know why I couldn't figure that out - so simple! Flic, thank you too, but it was more the difference between steps and ladders which Dave answered - if you look on sites like slingsby they fall under two diff categories - i just could not get my head around it for some reason - probably me just over complicating things unnecessarily! Best regards, JodyW.

Posted By JodyW Phalda, great to see you find my question so amusing, bravo you are officially the brightest spark plug! Thanks MickN, its amazing how something seemingly that simple can make you run around in circles!

Posted By Phil Rose Interesting one; not quite sure myself, but is a step (I assume you mean a step ladder) self supporting, whilst a ladder has to be supported by something else - such as a wall etc Phil