Yeah... we don't use them too much, but all of our ladders (a couple of short ones, one tall one) have holes that we drilled in the top for easy head mounting directly without using a high-hat or bowl or anything.
We've also a few times attached our jib to top of the tallest ladder, which enabled us to get a pretty high shot. I
will say that arrangement made me a bit nervous at the time, but it always worked well.
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