Anyone remove their ladder completely?
The ladder on the back of my class C is unsafe - one vertical pipe has a pretty bad bend to it, one step is broken, and it is kind of shaky. I suspect the previous owner backed into something with it...
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I'd want a ladder on a Class C all the time ... I wouldn't buy a Class C without a built-in ladder (a well-mounted sturdy one). I'm 6'2" and weigh (too much) around 230 lbs., which after 9 years of use has presented no problem to myself or the ladder.
For example, I used our roof ladder just a couple of days ago to replace two MaxxAir vent covers with the new ones that the company sent me for free. (BTW, that wasn't the 1st time I've had to replace MaxxAir vent covers on our Class C ... mine develope cracks around their bolt mount holes ... you MaxxAir owners might want to check yours periodically.)
Our Itasca's roof is nicely crowned and the roof's fiberglass piece has 3-4 inch rolled eges all the way along both sides:
- I don't know how I could safely climb off of and onto a portable ladder on either side past those rolled edges to gain access to the roof ... especially if the roof is slippery from waxing.
- I don't know how I could safely climb off of and onto a portable ladder at the back with the ladder having to be placed far enough back from the motorhome's rear roof edge to miss the rear bumper.
- It goes without saying that there's no way to gain access to the front of the roof with a portable ladder due to the cabover.
I've also had to get onto the roof several times on camping trips - both when parked in campsites and when parked alongside the road out in the middle of nowhere.
For example, I used our roof ladder just a couple of days ago to replace two MaxxAir vent covers with the new ones that the company sent me for free. (BTW, that wasn't the 1st time I've had to replace MaxxAir vent covers on our Class C ... mine develope cracks around their bolt mount holes ... you MaxxAir owners might want to check yours periodically.)
Our Itasca's roof is nicely crowned and the roof's fiberglass piece has 3-4 inch rolled eges all the way along both sides:
- I don't know how I could safely climb off of and onto a portable ladder on either side past those rolled edges to gain access to the roof ... especially if the roof is slippery from waxing.
- I don't know how I could safely climb off of and onto a portable ladder at the back with the ladder having to be placed far enough back from the motorhome's rear roof edge to miss the rear bumper.
- It goes without saying that there's no way to gain access to the front of the roof with a portable ladder due to the cabover.
I've also had to get onto the roof several times on camping trips - both when parked in campsites and when parked alongside the road out in the middle of nowhere.
