jotapulga
So Cal
New Member
Joined: 09/18/2009
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
 Offline
|
Hi all, anyone ever remove the access ladder because?
- It's scary
- It's vertical
- It's wimpy
- It's in the way
Jeff
Jeff & Yvonne
2011 Itasca Impulse Silver 31NP
|
tahiti16
Camarillo, CA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/23/2008
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
Don't know about your rig but for ours NRV encouraged owners to get on the roof regularly to check all seals and joints to keep from getting leaks or other unseen damage.
As far as wimpy several people on here are well over the 20-0 mark and the ladder supports them fine.
How or why is the ladder in the way?
Ray, Cheryl, Cory & of course Miss Molly the four-legged child
2006 Dolphin 36' F53 V10 5 speed auto 2 slides 7.5 KW genset
|
Executive
California/Arizona/South Dakota
Senior Member
Joined: 02/07/2008
View Profile
 Online
|
It's great for holding other ladders, clothes lines, and the FMCA plaque... ...mine folds in half, and locks into itself for storage....Dennis
Dennis and Debi
Monaco Executive M-45PBQ Quad Slide
525HP Cummins ISM 6 Spd Allison
Chevy HHR W/ ReadyBrute
Full Timing and Living the Dream
|
Golden_HVAC
Fulltime, CA, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 08/19/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
I am close - well lets say that my ladder can support 350 pounds. I will not say why I know that though. 
It is probably stronger than you think it is. Yes I need to get on the roof to check the sealant in the joints every once in a while, and it makes mechanics job of getting up there to check and repair the roof much safer too. I normally use a 6' ladder to climb up on my RV mounted ladder, as the step to the bumper is a little to tall for me.
Good Luck,
Fred.
|
jotapulga
So Cal
New Member
Joined: 09/18/2009
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
tahiti16 wrote:Don't know about your rig but for ours NRV encouraged owners to get on the roof regularly to check all seals and joints to keep from getting leaks or other unseen damage.
As far as wimpy several people on here are well over the 20-0 mark and the ladder supports them fine.
How or why is the ladder in the way?
Thanks for responses. As far as being in the way, I always have some sort of hitch mount carrier mounted for bicycles, scooter, platform for firewood, etc. I was thinking about ditching the access ladder and using a 19' little giant that collapses to 5'7" and can be stored in the basement. It's not so vertical and much sturdier.
Jeff
|
|
|
big dave
Soldotna, Alaska, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 12/15/2001
View Profile
Offline
|
I damaged mine on an overhanging limb about ten years ago, removed it with the plan to replace it, but I haven't missed it, so it never got replaced. I didn't feel very safe on it when it was there anyway.
Dave & Rose C
90 Safari Ivory 34' DP
04 Saturn VUE V6
|
john and terry
Texas
Senior Member
Joined: 05/19/2010
View Profile
Offline
|
It's a great place to store a real ladder!
Full Timing In Our 1996 Winnebago Brave (P30/454)
...Check Out Our Gate Guarding Blog HERE!
TOAD - 2010 Nissan Cube
With 2 Fairly Well Behaved Diggities
Venus And Midnight
|
bill h
coastal reconquista
Senior Member
Joined: 08/02/2001
View Profile
|
No ladder makes theft of your solar panels more difficult.
Same for illegal entry through the roof vent.
Keeps kids off the roof. I don't know what a lawyer would do with a neighbor kid falling off your RV roof.
jotapulga wrote: I was thinking about ditching the access ladder and using a 19' little giant that collapses to 5'7" and can be stored in the basement. It's not so vertical and much sturdier.
Jeff
Be sure to try that first. Getting up on the roof from one of those can be tricky. The regular RV ladder has really good hand-holds for the transition from ladder to roof and getting back down again.
NOTE: Any incorrect spelling is intentional to prevent those annoying popups.
84 Barth 30Tag powered by HT502/Thorley/Weiand etc, Gear Vendors OD.
Siamese Calvin and Airedale Hobbes, 4WD Toyota toad
|
siggyd777
Northern Illinois
Senior Member
Joined: 01/19/2005
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
My ladder is wimpy & scary.Just watch when someone goes up,how much the ladder
is flexing and bending,not to mention the tiny rusty screws in the rungs.
I have replaced ALL the screws with stainless steel ones.
Happy Trails
Siggy & Ursula
2011 Dutch Star 4020,ISL 400,Compr.brake,FTL XCR,IFS
Allison MH3000
2005 Saturn VUE AWD V6 , Brake Buddy,Roadmaster Sterling,
Camping since 1975 Pop-Up,1986 22Ft.TT,1999 Gas MH,2005 KSDP,
2011 DSDP,FMCA 368283 , NKK 17385
|
robatthelake
Vancouver Island
Senior Member
Joined: 08/24/2003
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
I have replaced ALL the screws with stainless steel ones.
That May or may Not be the right approach. Stainless Steel becomes very Brittle and can shear much easier than those Rusty Looking Originals! They May Look Better but I'm not sure that I would be any more trusting in them.
We use a Folding Ladder to go part of the way up as the Bottom Step (Bumper) is a bit of a stretch. At the Top I am glad that there is a permanently mounted Ladder to descend on as trying to step off onto a free standing Ladder is just too scary for Me!
Rob & Jean
98 Dutch Star Diesel Pusher ..92 Tracker 4X2
|
|
|
