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Little Giant Ladder systems and much more!
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Sunset Ladder Company was the very first authorized distributor of
Little Giant Ladders Systems, but
wait there is more...
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The Sunset Ladder Company was established on the infamous
Sunset Blvd in 1929. After a brief foray into furniture
manufacturing ladder products were added. Wooden ladders and
scaffold planks became more popular and the other products
were discontinued. Shortly after the Great Depression the
original founder sold the fledgling
Company to Mr. Grant Ostergard for the tidy sum of $300.00.
With the requirement for ladders and scaffolding equipment
steadily growing and the expansion of Hollywood and it's Movie
industry Grant found ladders were in great demand. With the
building boom of the Los Angeles area well under way
Sunset Ladder became a important supplier to the
construction trade as well as the movie studios.
. A fire in 1943
destroyed the company’s buildings along with many other
surrounding businesses. The Sunset Boulevard property was
quite valuable at the time so it was sold and the company
moved just one block south. This location on Fountain Avenue
is still open for business today residing in a historical
part of Hollywood.
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Sunset
Ladder trucks loaded for delivery.
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New development to the east of Los Angeles made for a great
opportunity. With the leftover proceeds from the sale of the
Sunset Blvd property Mr. Ostergard opened a
second bigger and more strategically located warehouse in
South El Monte, California. By 1949, Sunset Ladder had
a well established business manufacturing wooden ladders and
planks both for sale and rental. Multiple daily deliveries were
made to virtually every major Motion Picture studio in
Hollywood, Manila Rope Block and Tackle equipment for Window Washers was
hand made on site and rented out for work on all medium
High Rise buildings throughout Southern California. Since
the 1930s Sunset Ladder provides specialized scaffolding and
planks to just about every float builder for the world
renowned Rose Parade providing safe access for the
decorators .
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Sunset
Ladder South El Monte location, 1949.
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Although rentals still make up a substantial share of Sunset
Ladder’s business, our main function today is a
distribution of ladders and scaffold products. We are proud
to be a major distributor for Louisville, Werner, Stinson,
Cotterman, Ladder Industries and many others. A special
relationship began in 1979 when Sunset Ladder became the
very first distributor for Little Giant Ladder Systems by
Wing Enterprises. Wing ladders appeared on the market in
1972 and until 1979 were sold door-to-door, at Fairs and
Tradeshows by the factory sales team traveling all across
the country. Since then we have sold thousands of
Little Giant ladders admiring with our customers over
versatility, strength, and safety of this unique product.
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President
of Sunset Ladder company in the Little Giant Ladder
Infomercial Studio with Robin Hartl and Richard Karn
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Another exciting chapter started in 1997 with the opening of
ABSS Manufacturing. This new Sunset Ladder affiliated
company was established to secure a continuous source of
ladder and scaffold products that dramatically dwindled as a
result of nationwide ladder business consolidation.
Currently we manufacture a full line of Fiberglass and
Aluminum Industrial grade ladders, scaffold planks and
stages, sawhorses, custom designed ladder products and many
other related items. We are constantly working on expanding
our product line, making our ladders lighter, stronger and
providing our customers with best values.
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New
ABSS pultrusion equipment produces high quality
specialized fiberglass ladder rail.
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Over the years we have opened additional locations. Sunset
Ladder, Santa Ana, CA has been open since 1989, Las Vegas,
NV since 1996, Phoenix, AZ and San Diego, CA since 1998.
With well over 100,000 square foot of ladder inventory we
have just about every ladder and scaffold product in stock.
Our internet sales department operating under the URLs www.LadderDepot.com
and www.Little-Giant-Ladder-Depot.com
is ready to provide you with the latest information on
Little Giant Ladders and take your orders 24/7.
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Little
Giant Skyscraper Ladder in front of Santa Ana
Warehouse
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Still a family owned business we
continue to preserve professionalism, courtesy and the very special
attention to every customer, the kind of service that is almost
extinct in our time of mega-corporations.
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Every day brings new jobs with unique
requirements to the ladder. Little Giant ladders take this challenge with
ease and elegance transforming from step ladder to extension ladder then
to A-frame staircase ladder, and back to compact storage position.
Most of the Wing ladders are now
protected by Lifetime warranty which is … Lifetime longer than warranty
of any other ladder brand. The uncanny longevity and ability to take abuse
of day-to-day toil has won the hearts of the Little Giant ladder owners.
Finally, our customers tell us that they
feel safe using Little Giant Ladders. Superior design, aircraft-quality
materials as well as supreme US Craftsmanship contribute to this wonderful
feeling.
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LadderDepot.com is the Internet Sales
Division for Sunset Ladder Co. Inc. - specialized ladder and scaffold
distributor since 1929! Our six warehouses totaling over 100,000 square
ft. stock every kind of ladders imaginable. Step ladders, extension
ladders, attic ladders, warehouse ladders, wood, fiberglass, and aluminum
made by ®Louisville, ®Werner, ®ABSS, and ®Wing all ready to satisfy
the demands of tradesman and homeowners.
We are proud to be one of the first if
not the very first distributor of the Little Giant Ladder System. Our
special relations with Wing Enterprises go back as far as 1979. Since then
thousands of our customers made Little Giant their favorite and in many
cases the only ladder.
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