Knees

Super Dave,

My goodness... at 73 I still don't avoid my wifes legs... I can't remember why... but I don't.

If you want to... you'll find a way.

I think that... the OP is talking about hanging up the camper door keys.

I recently glanced at other types of RV's... truth is... I don't like any of them, not a bit. It's TC for me... or nothing. Janet feels more strongly about the wonderful TC life than I do... she won't even glance at the other types... and got mad at me when I mentioned it.

The one factor that adds a slight complication to the getting in and out of the cabover is the sleeping spouse when said getting in and out occurs during the middle of the night for a pee break. I've had to make some gymnastic moves in the middle of a deep sleep to avoid my wife's legs. This can become a challenge for those in the best of shape.

Most campers have only one or two steps up to the bed. Then you can just lay down or crawl or roll over on the bed once you get leverage. Now getting down for some I would think could be more difficult; but even then you can just sort of lay on your stomach and slid off to the step. Kind of like if you were drunk! :) I'm 56 and have no problem jumping up and down the steps; but I'm in pretty good shape. .

Now "hanging up one's keys".. is different. That means one no longer is driving..

Dak

Would that be vertically challenged and horizontally enhanced? There was a time we too had issues with the garbage can. Finally found a home for it by the back door.

We are just AARPers but we only have 2 issues with our cabover access. My DW is kinda vertically challenged so it is much easier for her falling out of the bed than climbing up in to it. The second issue is she doesn't always put the garbage can in the same place on the step up......

sleepy wrote:
BTW... Do you think I'm fat enough to get a seasonal job as Santa this year.


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At 173 lbs I think you would be considered a skinny Santa.:) Some of the rest of us would certainly qualify especially since my beard keeps getting "blonder" as the years go on.:R
I also added the folding stool this year as DW is having knee issues. But with a basement model there is only one step from the floor to the bed since you can sit on the bed from the stair and wriggle into sleep position.

sleepy wrote:
RichieC

Here I thought it was hard work and hard play for more than 73 years is what wore out my knees...

Hard work - such as carrying a heavy materials will do that for you.

According to a surgery lecture I that attended, each pound of overweight places an additional 8-pounds of weight on one's knees.

Being overweight also increases your chances of osteoarthritis in the knee, a common and often disabling form of arthritis that wears away the knee's cushiony cartilage. Excess pounds also cause existing arthritis to worsen more rapidly. According to the CDC, two out of three obese adults suffer from knee osteoarthritis at some time in their life.
. . . from: WebMd

Hard work won't just make one stronger, it will wear out one's body parts too.

My sometimes balky knees are the result of many years of doing martial arts and kicking people aside the head.

I do not have any issues climbing in and out of bed. I have more issues getting in and out of the camper but that is due more to not finding the right set of steps. The top step is at a different height then the others.

RichieC

Here I thought it was hard work and hard play for more than 73 years is what wore out my knees...

We recently missed traveling for 16 months

My knee replacement surgery, Janets 2 shoulder surgerys kept us home.

I guess that my fatty azz 173 pounds ruined my knee and Janet carrying my huge girth ruined her shoulders

That aside... the steps are OK, the climb into bed is OK.. I have trouble making the cabover bed... but, we do it every single day.

I would suggest that the OP go to a truck camper dealer and climb around in a few...

Best of luck to you...

BTW... Do you think I'm fat enough to get a seasonal job as Santa this year.

I have two fake knees and a fused ankle and am skinny as a rail. I don't have to much of a problem getting in and out or getting into the bed.
The only time I have a problem is when loading the camper with my stuff, after 10 trips up and down the stairs I will start to hurt a little.