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Where do you keep the ladder when you are traveling?
Yahoo Message Number: 143817
Does anyone have a proven way to keep that ladder in the slot behind the driver seat, when you are underway?   It sure comes crashing down on a turn when it's not secured well. What's your trick?

Wendy Harris

(still learning!)
2002 MB
Re: Where do you keep the ladder when you are traveling?
Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 143818
In my case (midbath), I never need to use the ladder to get into bed, so it's jammed way back behind the driver's seat and never moves. But if I had a problem with it flopping around, I'd use a broom clip to secure it. One should be enough.

Although I don't need the ladder at bedtime, I do use it occasionally when working outside the rig. In that situation, I pull an old sock over each of the ladder's hooks, so that I can lean it against the side of the coach without scratching the finish.

Andy Baird
http://www.andybaird.com/travels
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"
Re: Where do you keep the ladder when you are traveling?
Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 143820
On our MidBath we store the ladder in the overhead bunk over top the front passenger seat running front to back.  It stays there and holds small light weight items like pillows and sheets in place.  The bed folded over keeps it from moving to the center and falling out.  A fleece blanket folded around the one end of ladder with the extra length of the blanket between the two halves of the folded overhead bed.
Currently: 2008 36' Tiffin Open Road
Previously: 2007 Mid Bath
Re: Where do you keep the ladder when you are traveling?
Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 143821
The overcab "nest" in my rig is covered by a memory foam mattress topper, so the bed is never folded over; the ladder just rides out of the way, flat on top of the bed when it's not in use.

Since I have a TK, stashing the ladder behind the driver's seat is not an option!

As ever, YMMV.

Joan
2003 TK has a new home
Re: Where do you keep the ladder when you are traveling?
Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 143822
"Does anyone have a proven way to keep that ladder in the slot behind the driver seat, when you are underway?   It sure comes crashing down on a turn when it's not secured well. What's your trick?"

Wendy
 We pick it up and store it on top of the bunk. It doesn't weigh much and never falls down..

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
Tow vehicles  2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 2001 Jeep Cherokee
Photo Collection: Lazy Daze
Re: Where do you keep the ladder when you are traveling?
Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 143824
I stopped carrying it.  It is at home in the garage.  If I sleep up there (rare) I just step up from the back of the dinette seat in the MB (no shoes of course).

-Dave '06 MB, Indianapolis
 
Re: Where do you keep the ladder when you are traveling?
Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 143825
Like many others, I typically keep the ladder in the loft area.  I store it up there with the hooks facing down to reduce its movement/sliding.  Sometimes, however, I have need to travel without putting the ladder up in the loft.  In those cases, I have a short loop of shock cord with a hook on one end.  The loop goes over the end of the ladder and the hook goes onto the window valence trim piece above the forward dinette seat and the ladder rides vertically in the slot between the passenger seat and the dinette back.

Ken F in NM
'08 MB