Since I couldnt edit the post to include this, Im going to add this final note that I ommitted from my last post.
Getting a Pierce heavy duty wont solve the handrail issue. The handrails on the fly section of a Pierce HD ladder are less than 2 inches higher than the MD ladder, 15.75" to 17.5" respectively per Pierces website. And you also wouldnt gain anything in width...literally one one-hundreth difference. The HD ladder is still a full 4 inches smaller in hieght and 1 inch smaller in width than the comperable E\-One HP100 and if you went with the CR100, its a difference of 4" in hieght and 3" in width.
Just food for thought.
Getting a Pierce heavy duty wont solve the handrail issue. The handrails on the fly section of a Pierce HD ladder are less than 2 inches higher than the MD ladder, 15.75" to 17.5" respectively per Pierces website. And you also wouldnt gain anything in width...literally one one-hundreth difference. The HD ladder is still a full 4 inches smaller in hieght and 1 inch smaller in width than the comperable E\-One HP100 and if you went with the CR100, its a difference of 4" in hieght and 3" in width.
Just food for thought.