Re: climbing on the roof... Reply #50 – August 19, 2019, 11:21:32 am "... it looks like the older models had roof racks while the newer ones do not."Sadly those roof racks disappeared sometime back around 2006.
Re: climbing on the roof... Reply #51 – August 19, 2019, 11:31:08 am Quote from: Lazy Bones - August 19, 2019, 11:21:32 am"... it looks like the older models had roof racks while the newer ones do not."Sadly those roof racks disappeared sometime back around 2006. The older roof racks offer handholds and a psychological sense of safety, in actual use they have limited utility. I can't remember ever seeing anyone carry gear on the roof, secured to the rack.When working on the roof, the rack does prevent accidentally backing off the sloping rear.I came close to falling off once while laying Eternabond tape along a roof seam. It's safer to finish taping the rear of the seam using a ladder.Larry
Re: climbing on the roof... Reply #52 – August 19, 2019, 12:29:08 pm Hi Greg, thanks for noticing. I know that for liability insurance reasons, even the ladder itself was optional for a few years. I'm not sure if the 'tie down' railings returned after that, or if they were optional, and faded away. RonB