DW wife is coming to live with us. She and us wish to continue to use our motorhome. Mom is 94 and uses a walker and we are wondering if there are any ideas how to get her up and down the steps. DW and I can assist her so the use of a walker for that purpose would not be neededJust wondering if any neat, foldable, storable ramps exist or any other neat ideas. Putting in a lift is not feasible because of space. The top of the stamps is 27" highWe are thinking of moveable step pads to make each step about 1/2 normal rise. One of us would steady her and the other would move one pad at a time and raise her up a bit at a time. Any other ideas?

They do make narrow lifts specifically for motor homes. Not cheap, but much easier than unloading steps, moving them around, and reloading them. Here is one.Here is another.

Man..that is a good question. There must be many with similar thoughts. I guess the biggest things is going to be the money. A lift is far safer than most anything else..and it's not just the going up..she has to come down too. I was trying to 'see' a ramp' type affair and that just doesn't work. You'd need 15 ft of ramp to get a gentle enough angle and again..she has to come down. I am thinking a lift...but at 94..that's a big chunk of cash. Another thing that comes to mind is her stability. You can't have her taking a header off any kind of mickey-moused lift. She needs to be sitting down for the lift..up or down.Good luck. Gary Haupt

A friend of ours has a unit similar to what BB posted but it's a seat that raises up and swings into the doorway. It bolts to the outside of the rig and I'm guessing it was $1,000 or $2,000.

Coach lift makes a seat that might work

Thanks Charles that is what our friend must have. Lift seat

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K_Charles
Explorer
Mar 09, 2017
Coach lift makes a seat that might work
azrving
Explorer
Mar 09, 2017
A friend of ours has a unit similar to what BB posted but it's a seat that raises up and swings into the doorway. It bolts to the outside of the rig and I'm guessing it was $1,000 or $2,000.
garyhaupt
Explorer
Mar 09, 2017
Man..that is a good question. There must be many with similar thoughts. I guess the biggest things is going to be the money. A lift is far safer than most anything else..and it's not just the going up..she has to come down too. I was trying to 'see' a ramp' type affair and that just doesn't work. You'd need 15 ft of ramp to get a gentle enough angle and again..she has to come down. I am thinking a lift...but at 94..that's a big chunk of cash.

Another thing that comes to mind is her stability. You can't have her taking a header off any kind of mickey-moused lift. She needs to be sitting down for the lift..up or down.

Good luck.

Gary Haupt
BB_TX
Nomad
Mar 09, 2017
They do make narrow lifts specifically for motor homes. Not cheap, but much easier than unloading steps, moving them around, and reloading them.

Here is one.

Here is another.

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