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Okay, I can't be the only one doing this.....
I open the skylight in the bathroom. Using only a small step ladder I pop up on the roof right in the middle. No need to hold onto anything. It is so easy! I step anywhere I want except on the skylights.
Russ
Russ White
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(10-02-2016, 07:36 PM)RussWhite Wrote: Okay, I can't be the only one doing this.....
I open the skylight in the bathroom. Using only a small step ladder I pop up on the roof right in the middle. No need to hold onto anything. It is so easy! I step anywhere I want except on the skylights.
Russ
Going to Lowes tomorrow looking for a small step ladder.
Thanks Russ
Jim
2003 foretravel designer series. previous 2000 foretravel 34 ft, isc 350, 1995 45 ft Newell coach 385, Foretravel [2], 4106, 4905, wayne bus, wanderlodge fc, gmc motorhome.
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russ, you may fit through the skylight, but i dont have any and if i did, i would definitely not fit through it.....ha
tom
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This is similar to what I use. It can be used as a step ladder or extended into a straight ladder.
https://www.littlegiantladder.com/classic/
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My classic also has the foot steps on side and 2 handles on roof . They work great I was up there the other day !
My classic also has the feet on side and handles on roof . I tried them out the other day they work great!( I was a little ervous at first though) lol
Bruce & Sue Emerson
Gonic, NH
1986 Newell Coach #117
DD 8V92 Allison 740
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This one works great with the bathroom skylight and fits in hanging bathroom closet.
http://www.lowes.com/pd/GPL-3-Step-Silve...l/50163519
2003 foretravel designer series. previous 2000 foretravel 34 ft, isc 350, 1995 45 ft Newell coach 385, Foretravel [2], 4106, 4905, wayne bus, wanderlodge fc, gmc motorhome.
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Yup, we have the handles/steps on the side of our 1982 Newell with two grab handles on the roof to pull yourself up from the top step. I can be on the roof in less than 60 seconds. I do also carry one of those 13' telescoping ladders that comes in handy when I am cleaning the coach, or going up and down from the roof several times over the course of the day.
Clarke and Elaine Hockwald
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Thanks for all the suggestions! I have 14x14 vents on the roof and I don't think I would fit (even after working out for several months and losing a few pant sizes!).
I think I am going to get some scaffolding from Homie Depot that I can also use for the house remodeling. I will definitely try the AquaHot vent (with the AH turned OFF lol). I'm going to stop by Harbor Freight and get some of the windshield removal suction cups this afternoon and try those. If my next post if from the hospital you will know why :-0
Karen & Adrian Abshire
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I have wondered about using the fold out steps/handholds on the side of our coach. I have over the years in my work scurried up & down derricks using just the cross members for feet & hands with no safety line ( in the old days when rigs were wooden & men were iron!) . I just can't seem to convince myself that these are sturdy enough to support my lard ass. I use a folding ladder to get on the roof.
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FYI, if you're on a ladder and someone (you know who you are) asks if he can level the coach tell him NO! Not a good place to be....
Forest & Cindy Olivier
1987 log cabin
2011 Roadtrek C210P
PO 1999 Foretravel 36'
1998 Newell 45' #486
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