Our first camper (Lance 165) had the accordion steps and for us (older) it was an accident waiting to happen. I changed those steps out for a receiver hitch carrier and made a step out of that, it worked, but just ok. I don't know why but it seems like we go in and out about a zillion times a day. Our new to us camper Lance 1130 came with the bumper/step and that is soooooo much better than any of the make shift attempts for a safe step. My suggestion is to get one of the new torqlift bumpers with step or what ever the OEM step would be appropriate