Quote Originally Posted by 10G View Post
Yep, I understand what you're saying. Most of the ladders I've seen bolt to the door, so you'd still have that problem A smart person would design some retractable legs that can pop out and sit on the rear step when you climb up on the ladder.

I'm thinking of mostly carrying canvas bags and stuff on the ladder for recovery gear, wet stuff, rubbish etc, to free up some space inside, so you may be looking at 10 - 20Kgs tops.

Starting to think about building my own ladder. How hard could it be!

As for making one! Well , i'm not a metal worker. lol But looking at it, if you knew your way around metal and had access to tools like a bender and welder well..... possibilities are endless. lol

Like you said, even the bolted on versions still attract the same issue. The door still cops all the weight, and some of it being the peel-away effect. Door may bend the top portion possibly jeopardising the seal. I've take both my doors off due to an incident and there is NOTHING in them. Some of the earlier GU's had the large door develop cracks. @mudski and a few others have had this issue.

When you say 10-20kg of weight, i'm assuming being strapped to the ladder while i transit??? When climbing it , average person is 70kg+. I know it's only momentary weight, but still.

Chances of damage are probably low, but still can happen. Lucky the doors are relatively cheap. When my big barn door got damaged, i went to wreckers and they let me choose from aroud 50+ white barn doors in their yard. So if it happens, simple bolt off, bolt on ! lol