Abstract: A quick attaching and quick releasing roller attachment for aerial ladders on fire fighting equipment and the like to support a rope or hose and the like on the ladder includes a pair of spaced, rung embracing channels carried by an overcenter type linkage, and rope or hose supporting rollers arranged such that in a first, expanded position of the overcenter linkage the channels are positioned adjacent a selected pair of ladder rungs, and in another, latched position of the linkage the channels are moved toward one another in secure engagement with the rungs and the rollers are disposed in a position to support the rope or hose and the like in spaced relation to the rungs.