Opinions on folding entrance steps
My TC don't have a rear step bumper, it's a pop up and I've been contemplating a set of fold up steps because it's a PITA to get into and out of with my always present step stool. Anyone have any r...
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part due:
They get rusty, especially after going on routes like the Mojave Road, full of Soda and Salts. Here the problem was a stiffening of the operation after getting silt, sand or dust in the workings. When you tried to open the steps, you had to use a lot of pull to make that happen. Luckily, they were pretty loose already so the net result was a slight tightening of the moving parts. Next came THE showcase hanging steps for truck campers: Glow Steps. I got the 4 step model which was a bit too short for my slightly lifted, bigger tired Dodge, whose bed sits the highest of the big 3 anyway. They are very well made with all aluminum hardware and are very 'tight'; a little too tight when you get that silt or sand in the workings. I added those same (4) aluminum straps to the top of the stairs making the first step out of the camper down about 8 inches, not like a landing, parallel to the threshold. We could live with that.
They get rusty, especially after going on routes like the Mojave Road, full of Soda and Salts. Here the problem was a stiffening of the operation after getting silt, sand or dust in the workings. When you tried to open the steps, you had to use a lot of pull to make that happen. Luckily, they were pretty loose already so the net result was a slight tightening of the moving parts. Next came THE showcase hanging steps for truck campers: Glow Steps. I got the 4 step model which was a bit too short for my slightly lifted, bigger tired Dodge, whose bed sits the highest of the big 3 anyway. They are very well made with all aluminum hardware and are very 'tight'; a little too tight when you get that silt or sand in the workings. I added those same (4) aluminum straps to the top of the stairs making the first step out of the camper down about 8 inches, not like a landing, parallel to the threshold. We could live with that.
