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03-09-2017, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Lake Charles (domicile)
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This is how we climb!
Always one to do my own washing/detailing and service work within my capacity, I purchased this 15-step warehouse ladder made by Ballymore Industries.
It provides easy (and very safe) access to our coach from top to bottom, front to back and is simple to move around, lock in place and use. As seen, I've wrapped the handrails and other areas so I can get right up to and against the sides of my coach should I need to.
A little pricey @$1k but a good investment in my opinion and certainly beats the anxiety I used to get with every step up I'd take on my telescoping ladder.
How do you climb?
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03-09-2017, 12:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Oroville, CA
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Nice garage, too! Can I come on down and have you wash and wax my 40'er?
You know, for the practice!
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2012 Sunnybrook Harmony 21FBS (SQEZINN)
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland
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03-09-2017, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rewillia
Always one to do my own washing/detailing and service work within my capacity, I purchased this 15-step warehouse ladder made by Ballymore Industries.
It provides easy (and very safe) access to our coach from top to bottom, front to back and is simple to move around, lock in place and use. As seen, I've wrapped the handrails and other areas so I can get right up to and against the sides of my coach should I need to.
A little pricey @$1k but a good investment in my opinion and certainly beats the anxiety I used to get with every step up I'd take on my telescoping ladder.
How do you climb?
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Good purchase, I ended up in the ER last time I waxed my coach and fell of the ladder.
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03-09-2017, 05:36 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Lake Charles (domicile)
Posts: 1,064
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cruzbill
Nice garage, too! Can I come on down and have you wash and wax my 40'er?
You know, for the practice!
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At 44' 11", I'm getting all the practice I need but thanks for the offer.
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Finding The Roads That Await Us
Rick & Lydia Williams
2018 Newmar Essex 4553
NKK Member 21619 / FMCA Member 465836
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03-09-2017, 07:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 1,158
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I use the "Little Giant" ladder with the platform step accessory.
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03-09-2017, 07:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toribk
I use the "Little Giant" ladder with the platform step accessory.
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Be very careful with that ladder. Not that difficult to tip over. We don't want injuries at our age.
That rolling ladder is stable and safe.
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03-10-2017, 04:29 AM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NE Ohio - Near Cleveland
Posts: 741
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2015 Coachmen Encounter 37LS
2014 Ford F53 chassis pulling a 2010 Honda CRV toad
Co-pilots Bella and Frosty (don't tell the wife)
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03-10-2017, 05:42 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Lake Charles (domicile)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankshaft
Or we get rid of the ladders and get one of these
Bus Wash Machine - Battery Powered Bitimec Wash-Bots 626 EZ[/url]
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Kind a hard to get on the roof top with that one.
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Finding The Roads That Await Us
Rick & Lydia Williams
2018 Newmar Essex 4553
NKK Member 21619 / FMCA Member 465836
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03-10-2017, 06:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: SW Louisiana
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I agree those rolling warehouse ladder are great, I bought 3 of them (mixed heights) at a store liquidation auction when a local Lowes was moving into a new building about a decade ago for around $150.
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03-10-2017, 07:06 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 15,749
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I see RV service shops having similar rolling around steps. Got me thinking about one. Have done a bit of Craigslist searching. They do show up there.
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2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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03-10-2017, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,283
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I do every thing I can from the ground. Long handles.
Waxing done by others.
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2015 Fleetwood Discovery 40E on a Freightliner XCS chassis with a Cummins ISL9 pulling 1 and/or 2 motorcycles, '07 Honda Accord OR a 17' Runabout Boat.
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