Rear ladder that doesn't go to the top
Below is a picture of the ladder on my camper, as you can see it is mounted to the rear wall and does not mount to the top. You can also see that you have to go over the awning to get on the roof. ...
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Like Mike said, we have all known folks who's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top either.
When I want to get on my TC roof while on the road, I tend to get on the cab over bed and go out the roof hatch. Much safer IMHO than the ladder. On one of our TCs I mounted a long narrow cargo box beside the forward hatch so that I could stand up in bed and retrieve or replace items in the cargo box.
I use my ladder so seldom that I had to go outside and check mine and I also have a grab bar on the roof above the awning.
The post that Brian did on RV safety, has some good comments about ladders, on RVs and how they make breaking and entering much easier. All someone has to do is go up your ladder, walk to the front hatch, smash it with their foot and they have easy access to the inside of your rig. As he said, lock the ladder if possible.
When I want to get on my TC roof while on the road, I tend to get on the cab over bed and go out the roof hatch. Much safer IMHO than the ladder. On one of our TCs I mounted a long narrow cargo box beside the forward hatch so that I could stand up in bed and retrieve or replace items in the cargo box.
I use my ladder so seldom that I had to go outside and check mine and I also have a grab bar on the roof above the awning.
The post that Brian did on RV safety, has some good comments about ladders, on RVs and how they make breaking and entering much easier. All someone has to do is go up your ladder, walk to the front hatch, smash it with their foot and they have easy access to the inside of your rig. As he said, lock the ladder if possible.
