Best steps for our tic's ever.
I have had the Torklift Glow steps for over a year and thought they were the best ever. My bigfoot with a basement needs a lot of steps! My original steps were scary to say the least, sagging and s...
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I have the glow steps and think they are the best so far. In order to be more unseen while overnighting, I tried a short aluminum step ladder that hangs on the TC ladder once you are in for the night to replace the G.S.'s. BZZZT! Wrong. So the G.S.'s are back on.
On uneven ground (the only kind I usually see) there is the twisting problem. I try to position the TC so our bed heads are slightly uphill. Sometimes that makes the stairs too long so I just don't pull them out as far, which helps a bit. l use what ever is at hand to even the playing field. I've used the plastic leveling blocks if the steps need more altitude, using two or one depending: very sturdy, even on sand. Sometimes I just use a rock or piece of tree branch that may be lying around. I've often thought of taking a couple of chain saw plastic wedges that can make minute adjustments to the ground like a carpenter does with door frames, accordioning in and out making the best evenness. I've used rubber axle snubbers to no avail. Too wobbly. As I get older, the stability of the ground to TC interface becomes more important. I too have a problem with how small the feet are on the new steps. In any soft surface they will sink. They need more floatation producing less ground pressure.
What are they going to call the new lower portions, Stable Steps?
jefe
On uneven ground (the only kind I usually see) there is the twisting problem. I try to position the TC so our bed heads are slightly uphill. Sometimes that makes the stairs too long so I just don't pull them out as far, which helps a bit. l use what ever is at hand to even the playing field. I've used the plastic leveling blocks if the steps need more altitude, using two or one depending: very sturdy, even on sand. Sometimes I just use a rock or piece of tree branch that may be lying around. I've often thought of taking a couple of chain saw plastic wedges that can make minute adjustments to the ground like a carpenter does with door frames, accordioning in and out making the best evenness. I've used rubber axle snubbers to no avail. Too wobbly. As I get older, the stability of the ground to TC interface becomes more important. I too have a problem with how small the feet are on the new steps. In any soft surface they will sink. They need more floatation producing less ground pressure.
What are they going to call the new lower portions, Stable Steps?
jefe
