I saw someone mention starting the ladder in the bed of the truck. How much less would it seem to weigh if the ladder was at a 60 degree angle. Engineers? I'm thinking someone pushing and someone pulling. It's 85 lbs, low profile, a Mach 8. What about strapping it up like a backpack? Could a strong guy get up the back ladder with it. It's a good ladder, not at all rickety. Any ideas for friction reduction?Teleportation?

When we replaced an A/C unit on our Class C by ourselves, we had a friend in town with a little forklift or a tractor of some kind. He got it up high enough we could pull it onto the roof. Getting it on the roof is the real work. After that it's easy peasy!Dale

Lay a ladder against side of RV. Attach rope to new AC. Climb on roof and pull AC up ladder. Works better if someone is guiding AC up ladder from below. I have seen the mobile tech in our winter RV park do this several times.

Before pulling and pushing the new unit up the ladder, remove the shroud from the AC. It has to be removed anywho for installation and you don't want the rope or the person pushing from the bottom exerting any force upon the shroud, which is not very strong and could easily crack.

BuckBarker wrote:Before pulling and pushing the new unit up the ladder, remove the shroud from the AC. It has to be removed anywho for installation and you don't want the rope or the person pushing from the bottom exerting any force upon the shroud, which is not very strong and could easily crack.Very good point.

This gives me the willies.Back in the good old days when the Clark forklift was down with PMSWe laid plywood atop the roof. But roof construction is probably different now.Four people. Two on top, two on the bottom. Off came the shroud. Find tie points not to critical parts. Wrap unit in a packing quilt."Yo Ho Heave Ho"Grunt, sweat, swear.But it was fun pushing the old one off the edge and watching it fall.

New A/C is here. Now, how to get it on the roof?

ronfisherman
Moderator
Aug 22, 2014
BuckBarker wrote:
Before pulling and pushing the new unit up the ladder, remove the shroud from the AC. It has to be removed anywho for installation and you don't want the rope or the person pushing from the bottom exerting any force upon the shroud, which is not very strong and could easily crack.

Very good point.
BuckBarker
Explorer
Aug 22, 2014
Before pulling and pushing the new unit up the ladder, remove the shroud from the AC. It has to be removed anywho for installation and you don't want the rope or the person pushing from the bottom exerting any force upon the shroud, which is not very strong and could easily crack.
ronfisherman
Moderator
Aug 22, 2014
Lay a ladder against side of RV. Attach rope to new AC. Climb on roof and pull AC up ladder. Works better if someone is guiding AC up ladder from below. I have seen the mobile tech in our winter RV park do this several times.
Scottiemom
Nomad
Aug 22, 2014
When we replaced an A/C unit on our Class C by ourselves, we had a friend in town with a little forklift or a tractor of some kind. He got it up high enough we could pull it onto the roof. Getting it on the roof is the real work. After that it's easy peasy!

Dale

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