The original Ladder Lockdown saddle was invented by Troy Kumprey in December of 2015 after one of his employees fell from a ladder. Troy is a father, husband, son, brother, and the owner of TKO painting in Southern California. He has a team of hard working and dedicated guys who put their lives at risk every day to get their jobs done right. Troy knew that if he didn’t think about his teams safety, no one else would. He began playing around with prototypes in hopes of creating a device that would keep his team safer on their ladders, and going home to their families after each day on the job site.
The first LLD prototype was built by hand with wood. After rigorous testing and many iterations, the Ladder Lockdown saddle has evolved into the all in one device that you see today. When we asked Troy to tell us the story of how and why he created this tool, it’s easy to see the passion and emotion on his face. This passion is what created the Ladder Lockdown saddle, and it’s what powers our team to create solutions to benefit real people.
SIMPLE, SAFE, SECURE solutions for laddering. We want to make the most dangerous tool in the world, safer for everyone to use. In an industry where standard ladder designs haven’t changed in over 60 years, Ladder Lockdown was born out of a desire to prevent injuries and save lives.
Our goal is to change the way people use ladders, and promote ladder safety; resulting in less injuries, saved lives and a shift in both residential and commercial industry safety standards.
Whether you’re a professional installer, builder, firefighter, military or a homeowner hanging Christmas lights, working in your garage, or picking fruit from your backyard trees, we’re thinking about your tomorrow and want to make sure you’re here to enjoy it.
Our mission at Ladder Lockdown is to greatly reduce ladder injuries and deaths. With 700+ visits per day to the ER and 350+ deaths each year, ladders are the most dangerous tool in the world. So with a passion for product development, we set out to build awareness and develop the safest, highest quality ladder safety product on the market.
We know that if you’re a homeowner, you probably don’t think about ladder safety, which is why bringing awareness and education to you is our passion. We don’t want to just sell you our equipment, we want to teach you how to use it, be here if you have questions or problems, and we’re listening when you tell us what you think.
If you’re a business owner or contractor we know that it’s about your workers, your team. It’s about getting the job done and getting home safely each day. The Ladder Lockdown Industrial saddle (not available online but please contact us for more information) not only secures your teams ladders, makes the work easier and safer but it also removes the need for extra employees and improper and dangerous ladder placement. That saves you time, money and worry.
Let’s work to reduce at home and onsite ladder injuries and deaths, together.
Thank you for choosing Ladder LockDown.
At Ladder Lockdown, our number one priority is safety. It’s our mission to reduce the enormous impact on good people both emotionally and economically that results from inevitable ladder falls.