Ladder solution

[Paul Merritt]

After looking for a long time for a ladder solution and not being drawn to any on the market, particularly the price, I decided to look at a bespoke solution. I purchased an off the shelf telescopic ladder and cut down the width and length to fit in-between the front seats, total cost £39.95 and few hours of my time, perfect.

 

[edzt]

Like it, what length did you end up with and why did you narrow it....to store between the seats?

 

[Paul Merritt]

Like it, what length did you end up with and why did you narrow it....to store between the seats?

9 Steps cut down to 5 , made it narrow to fit between the front seats when extended

 

[edzt]

Thanks

 

[edzt]

When you narrowed the rungs did you have to re-cut the slots for the slide buttons or am I missing something

 

[Paul Merritt]

I used one of cut of ends as a template, drilled out most of the slot then gently cut the rest with a wood chisel and file.It comes apart very easily just pull out the catches and drill out the pop rivets each end and the side comes of then its just a case of cutting each rung down, reducing the height is a bit more tricky because of the telescopic legs.

 

[edzt]

Thank you, awesome job, height doesn’t bother me as I found a 2metre one on Amazon

I better dust my Dremel off

 

[Mark E Smith]

Why not just stand on the seats or armrests to elevate your good self ??

 

[Method7]

Why not just stand on the seats or armrests to elevate your good self ??

Not wise to stand on the arm rests.. they will not support your weight...

 

[Mark E Smith]

Im 18st and use that method all the time, just put your weight on the pivot/hinge point rather than the hand end of the armrest ! Try it it will save you valuable storage space