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geewizard
Senior Member Joined: 16 Apr 2017 Location: Spokane Online Status: Offline Posts: 347 |
Topic: Ladder to brush off slider before retracting Posted: 21 May 2020 at 8:23am |
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Which reminds me of an incident.... My wife would NOT let me climb up my aluminum extension ladder to entend a pole to clear out a wasp nest in a bathroom vent on the roof of our two-story home. So, we hired a local "handyman" service to come do it. Guess who they sent? A guy about 70 who was very concerned about climbing up there. I don't blame him at all. |
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2021 Winnebago Micro Minnie 1708FB
2017 R-Pod 177 (Blue) HRE SOLD 2004 Outfitter Apex 8 camper 2014 Toyota Tundra DC |
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crw8sr
Senior Member Joined: 12 Oct 2017 Location: Omaha Nebraska Online Status: Offline Posts: 328 |
Posted: 21 May 2020 at 6:29pm | ||
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Chuck & Lyn
Izzy, Morkie. RIP Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie 2018 R Pod 190 2019 Traverse In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck. |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2629 |
Posted: 21 May 2020 at 9:56pm | ||
I am not automatically fearful of ladders. I have at least once gone up a 40' ladder, and I used a 32' ladder many times. That said, those telescoping things just do not give me confidence.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 22 May 2020 at 6:15am | ||
Note the part about being stubborn old farts. I don't want the extra weight of a topper and the ladder would come along anyway as it serves other purposes for me besides cleaning off the slide, including using it to put up and take down my cellular directional antenna and accessing the roof of the SUV. So, I have a very sturdy regular 4 foot step ladder, no telescoping or collapsing, I'm always certain it is firmly planted, with my wife spotting, never climb past the second step, and most importantly, I always reposition it directly in front of the work. That was my mistake when I fell, an older ladder and I tried to reach out too far rather than reposition it.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 22 May 2020 at 7:39am | ||
My home-built slide-out cover is pretty light, but I do need the ladder to put it on and remove it. I'd like the automatic one, but a few things keep me from getting one. One is the additional weight mentioned by Offgrid. The second is the cost. I just dropped a hefty sum for the LiFePO4 upgrade which included not only the battery, but the DC to DC charger and the wiring to make it all work plus a solar panel. I'm not ready to spend the money needed to put one of the automatic toppers on yet. A third is the additional drag from something sticking out into the air stream. The third may or may not be significant, but it can't help.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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