Date:         Wed, 11 May 2005 15:17:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Light ladder
Comments: To: bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
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My dad gave me a ladder that a neighbor gave him. It came from a
camper, made to lean against the upper bunk for access. It weights
about one pound, I'm not kidding, and it is the perfect height to lean
against and access the westy bunk. We only carry it when traveling with
daughter and granddaughter, bungeed to the opening above the passenger
front seat.

Try an RV store.

Jim

On May 11, 2005, at 2:31 PM, bueses wrote:

>> My lovely wife and are are both short. I'm 5' 6'' and she is 5' 2''.
>> Snicker and point if you wish, but the two of us fit very cozily into
>> the lower bunk. What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in
>> luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without
>> clambering all over the counter.
>>
>> We could use some kind of very lightweight leanable collapsible or
>> otherwise easily-stowed ladder. Hangable from the upper bunk like on a
>> bunk bed; and leanable against the outside so a short guy could fuss
>> around with luggage without needing to hold on for dear life like I
>> have
>> to do when I stand on a seat.
>>
>> Anything like that out there?
>
> I'm not real short (5-11") but I still need something to get up there
> also.
> We either use a cooler or our porta potty as the step to get up into
> the
> "guest room".  I have taken the cooler along empty for just this
> purpose. It
> normally sits behind the front passenger seat, as I don't find that the
> fridge is big enuf to carry what we need to keep cold, so we need the
> cooler
> in any event.
>
> Tom Buese-no stepping on the sink for moi
>