ORCHARD LADDERS

Our passion is in helping people reach what they need to reach and climb to where they need to climb as safely as possible. That is why you will find that we don't cut corners on materials or craftsmanship, and all of our ladders have features that improve their stability and durability - and a stable, durable, well built ladder is a safer ladder... F.R. "Russ" Stokes began building aluminum ladders in his garage on the corner of Merritt Road and Renfro Drive in Kelseyville, CA in the early 1960's because, as a pear grower, he didn't like the cumbersome design of the orchard ladders coming into Lake County. He used his Structural Engineering education and his background at Lockheed during World War II to design his own aluminum orchard ladder. Local area farmers liked the ladders so much that production soon outgrew the garage. In 1966, the business incorporated as F. R. Stokes, Inc., and the operation moved about 1/2 mile to a new building erected in the corner of the Stokes pear..

Primary location: Kelseyville United States