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danlehosky · 05-16-2012, 08:15 PM

I am at the point where I have to wax the very front top panel. I weigh about 170lbs. Have any of you guys (or gals) stood on the cover? It looks pretty sturdy.
Dan

Goal15 · 05-16-2012, 08:31 PM

Unless your lp tank cover is sturdier than the one on my 2006 Safari, I wouldn't do it... i weigh 175 and wouldn't want to stand on it, let alone stand on it and try to accomplish something... but then again I'm 60 and have given up damn fool things.... well I was up on the roof replacing shingles while DW was at the grocery store.... sometimes I have lapses....

Friday · 05-16-2012, 09:01 PM

Don't do it. It is not weight-bearing....

Bluto · 05-16-2012, 09:40 PM

If you try it, have someone take a video of it.
Videos are more intertaining than just pix.

c_lewis77 · 05-16-2012, 09:53 PM

I wouldn't stand on the box!
when I polished that area, I used a ladder tucked in tight to the frame/box. I can almost reach the top end of the curved panels.

danlehosky · 05-16-2012, 09:55 PM

Thanks for the advice guys. I think I'll set up two ladders on either side of it and put a plank above it. Bluto, if I change my mind I will take a video. How do you guys get up there to do it? Anything easier than the ladder and plank idea?
Dan

danlehosky · 05-16-2012, 10:01 PM

Problem solved. My buddy has a lift of Baker Scaffolding and I can leave the cross bars off of one side to get it in close.
Dan

xo1rider · 05-16-2012, 10:08 PM

No weigh (pun intended) - I'm a bit under 170 and would never consider it.

ROBERT CROSS · 05-17-2012, 06:00 AM

Sandy is handy......she levitates.

Bob

OpenHigher · 05-17-2012, 08:28 AM

Hi Dan: I know it is work but I lean a ladder against the awning (protecting the awning with a blankeet between the ladder and awning) and simply climb on top of the rig staying close to the rivet seam lines. I mostly scoot on top, no walking as too risky for me. While on top of the rig I wax the top and rear center panels, check the caulking, and clean the undersiide of the vents front and rear.

Be careful.

Robert

Bluto · 05-17-2012, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by danlehosky

Thanks for the advice guys. I think I'll set up two ladders on either side of it and put a plank above it. Bluto, if I change my mind I will take a video. How do you guys get up there to do it? Anything easier than the ladder and plank idea?
Dan

I see you solved your problem by using a scaffold, that's probably the safest way.
I use a Little Giant ladder that is high and wide enough, in the step ladder position, to fit over the propane tanks and gives full access to the frontal area at the top.
Even though you now won't need to take a video, I must admit I was looking forward to it.

Have fun and shine that baby up!

Gene · 05-17-2012, 10:06 AM

The cover is stronger than you think. Yesterday I was waxing the end cap with a step ladder put right up against the lower rock guard and tongue. To reach the back center of the end cap, one foot on the cover and one foot on the ladder. Now that's not standing on the cover, but half my 200 lbs. was on the cover. This is safer than trying to lean from the ladder. But I wouldn't stand on it with 2 feet.

I wonder about scampering around on a waxed roof. Slippery?

Off topic perhaps, but the propane cover looks crummy. I repainted it a couple of years ago and tried waxing it yesterday (after I was finished standing on it), but it still looks crummy. I guess I'll repaint it again someday. It takes the same paint as the tongue.

Gene

danlehosky · 05-17-2012, 11:25 AM

Well, just because I was curious, I stepped off of the baker scaffolding onto the cover. I stayed on the outside edges and it was OK. My wife came out and made me get off. Somehow she interpeted my curiosity as stupidity. Boy some women just can't understand intellectual inventivness. Thank God Orville Wright was not married to her.

Gene · 05-17-2012, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by danlehosky

Somehow she interpeted my curiosity as stupidity. Boy some women just can't understand intellectual inventivness.

Maybe she knows you can't spell "inventiveness".

Gene

danlehosky · 05-17-2012, 11:48 AM

Gene, are you making fun of me? This may end up in court.

Gene · 05-17-2012, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by danlehosky

Gene, are you making fun of me? This may end up in court.

At least I'll get to meet you in person. Oh, and I admit nothing and deny everything.

Gene

vswingfield · 05-17-2012, 12:03 PM

While I wouldn't trust the cover, the bottles themselves would be sturdy. A scrap of wood with cleats to keep it from slipping off the top of the bottles would make a pretty good step. Just remove the cover and place your "step" on top of the bottles.

It would be good to minimize sideways thrusting on the top of the bottles, though.

Luckyducks · 05-17-2012, 12:12 PM

I just position a 8' step ladder close to the segment protector/rock guard and gas bottle cover. This allows me to wax half of the front roof. I move the ladder to the other side of the gas bottle cover for the other half. I stretch a little, but it works. No need to stand on the cover - it wasn't made to support 200lbs anyway.

danlehosky · 05-17-2012, 12:34 PM

I will not stand on the cover again. I also know the structure is not load bearing, but it sure is convienent. I'm going to keep the Baker scaffolding I borrowed from my buddy. It is a good tool for getting to the whole top side of the trailer safely. I'ts funny AS does not have a sticker on the cover telling you not to stand on it. If they read these forums and realize some people, as I have to assume have considered this as a platform to get to that top panel we will soon be seeing "Do not sit or stand on this cover". I at least want an official warning when I'm about to do something stupid
Dan