Ladder

What about the ladder made you fall? I'm just curious, that might help us with suggestions.

We have a 2008 Jayco Eagle with the ladder on the back and honestly I like it better than putting my step ladder along side. I like the bars at the very top to grab ahold of and pull myself onto the roof and to grab hold of when getting onto the ladder to go down.

I suppose a long enough step ladder would do the trick. I don't like leaning the ladder on the side due to the gutter. I'm afraid I might smash it, etc.

MackinawMan wrote:
What about the ladder made you fall? I'm just curious, that might help us with suggestions.

We have a 2008 Jayco Eagle with the ladder on the back and honestly I like it better than putting my step ladder along side. I like the bars at the very top to grab ahold of and pull myself onto the roof and to grab hold of when getting onto the ladder to go down.

I suppose a long enough step ladder would do the trick. I don't like leaning the ladder on the side due to the gutter. I'm afraid I might smash it, etc.

I wanted to try a tall extension ladder, climb on my slide out roof and then the roof of TT. I am concerned with damaging the edge of the slide out or TT roof. I also considered using a folding laddder to gain access to the slide top.

I was at a consignment place and a Guy climbed part way up the ladder on the back of the TT, the ladder broke loose from the TT, the Guy fell on his back.
They called rescue and carted him away. I use a 12 ft "A" ladder to wash my TT

Yardvarkers wrote:


I wanted to try a tall extension ladder, climb on my slide out roof and then the roof of TT. I am concerned with damaging the edge of the slide out or TT roof. I also considered using a folding laddder to gain access to the slide top.

I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure climbing on the roof of the slide out would be a bad idea. I mean your weight on the slide wouldn't be a big deal at all obviously, but I don't know if the roof of the slide would support you or not.

I'd do some research before trying it.

On a side note, you might want to be careful if your using one of those multi folding ladders. I have a cousin that shattered his wrist a couple years ago when one collapsed on him. He wasn't over weight, for the ladder anyway, the locking joints just gave. And it was a fairly new ladder to. Just a word of warning.

WayneAt63044 wrote:
I use a Krause Model 121321 12' 300 lbs. folding ladder with a single hinge (lighter than multiple hinge ladders and folds to 6' which fits inside my closed truck bed). I'm 71, 240 lbs. and lean it against the street side gutter to access the roof. I've been using this since 1996 and hope they are still available. Bought it at a local hardware store (big box? cannot remember); made in Roscoe, IL. It is a narrow ladder (14") but has a 31" crossbar at the bottom for stability. I use mine without the crossbar as Krause sent me a couple of extra feet at no charge.

I did a search on that ladder as it sounded interesting. What I found is that they have done a recall on some of them due to failures and injuries. You may not be affected if you bought yours in 1996, but it's worth checking out.

Ladder recall

Thanks, K_and_I, for the recall notice. The numbers in the recall don't match my ladder labeling so I guess mine was manufactured prior to whatever changes Krause made to elicit the recall. I haven't crushed a gutter yet so no need for anyone to worry about that.

Yardvarkers wrote:
I can't use the attached ladder because I'm 62 and I fell, breaking two ribs last year.I just need to know if there is an easier way to get on top of the roof.
Thanks for any and all replies.

Sorry to hear about your accident. I can understand your concern about the ladder. I hope I didn't offend you asking, sorry. Hopefully someone can help you with a ladder that will work for you.