Entry Step Supports?
1997 Nash 22H.
Our TT has the typical manual folding two entry steps and I flipped the axle’s years ago so we use a folding platform for the first step. We are weekend and vacation campers only at this point so setting up a semi-permanent situation with concrete blocks and the like is not in the cards.
The height from the ground to the first folding entry step is 13”, and 19” for the second step. And of course this measurement was taken while the TT is parked on the level concrete driveway, and consideration needs to be taken with regard to un-level/dirt/gravel campsites as well.
I would like to shore-up the stability of the first, or the first and second folding entry steps. These two steps have a ridge running the length of the step on the underside which may or may not provide additional challenges to mounting some sort of stability device.
Looking online I find these Camco 43681 Save-A-Step Brace. These come one to a package but if I were to go this route I would use two of them – one on each end of the step as I think just having one in the middle would allow for tilting of the step and not feel as secure. It appears that there is one hole in the plate and I don’t know if that is intended for securing the top plate of the brace to the step or not, but it could be done using a carriage bolt through the top of the step and a wingnut underneath.
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-43681-Save-A-Step-Brace-4-5/dp/B0024E6ZRW
There are also these Camco 43671 Self-Stor Steps. The nice thing about these is they are self-contained and stay mounted to the step. I’m not sure how these would work when the steps are folded if two of them were mounted on the first step and two on the second step. Plastic blocks would be needed on the second step when deployed as the brace would not be long enough to reach the ground. The reviews on this one are not as good as the ones above, several comments about them not feeling secure when deployed – relative to the folding mechanism and the ability of the brace to pivot I guess?
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-43671-Self-Stor-Step/dp/B0024ECHII/ref=pd_sim_263_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1R281EGPN1KS0MCHJWKY
Any suggestions? I suppose I could use stacks of the plastic blocks, or blocks in conjunction with some type of brace?
Thanks
Our TT has the typical manual folding two entry steps and I flipped the axle’s years ago so we use a folding platform for the first step. We are weekend and vacation campers only at this point so setting up a semi-permanent situation with concrete blocks and the like is not in the cards.
The height from the ground to the first folding entry step is 13”, and 19” for the second step. And of course this measurement was taken while the TT is parked on the level concrete driveway, and consideration needs to be taken with regard to un-level/dirt/gravel campsites as well.
I would like to shore-up the stability of the first, or the first and second folding entry steps. These two steps have a ridge running the length of the step on the underside which may or may not provide additional challenges to mounting some sort of stability device.
Looking online I find these Camco 43681 Save-A-Step Brace. These come one to a package but if I were to go this route I would use two of them – one on each end of the step as I think just having one in the middle would allow for tilting of the step and not feel as secure. It appears that there is one hole in the plate and I don’t know if that is intended for securing the top plate of the brace to the step or not, but it could be done using a carriage bolt through the top of the step and a wingnut underneath.
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-43681-Save-A-Step-Brace-4-5/dp/B0024E6ZRW
There are also these Camco 43671 Self-Stor Steps. The nice thing about these is they are self-contained and stay mounted to the step. I’m not sure how these would work when the steps are folded if two of them were mounted on the first step and two on the second step. Plastic blocks would be needed on the second step when deployed as the brace would not be long enough to reach the ground. The reviews on this one are not as good as the ones above, several comments about them not feeling secure when deployed – relative to the folding mechanism and the ability of the brace to pivot I guess?
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-43671-Self-Stor-Step/dp/B0024ECHII/ref=pd_sim_263_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1R281EGPN1KS0MCHJWKY
Any suggestions? I suppose I could use stacks of the plastic blocks, or blocks in conjunction with some type of brace?
Thanks
