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May 31, 2024 at 7:52 am #22138457pandronParticipant
Okay,
secondthird attempt at posting this. Maybe I had too many big pictures or something. I’ll try to post this without pictures and upload pictures in a reply.I designed and built these boarding steps to make it easier to climb into the camper when it’s on a Trailex trailer and the ICC. For a little while I had a couple of industrial steel folding steps that worked fine, but were ugly. I’m extremely happy with the outcome of these new ones though! They’re deep so the dogs can use them easily and they make a great sit-spot for putting on shoes.
I used Autodesk Fusion to design them and then cut them out of 2 sheets of 2’x4′ x 12mm ply from CLC using my CNC router. Before cutting I coated both sides of the ply with 6oz fiberglass to give them a little more strength. Happy to share files if anyone is interested.
The bracket is mounted to the channels in the Trailex trailer with a few t-bolts that I ordered from Trailex. Then the step stows with a piece of leftover rod from the door hardware bent into a long c-shape that you feed through a series of slots in the bracket and the step. Locks into place for highway driving, but takes about 5 seconds to deploy the steps!
Anyway, here are some photos (hopefully in reply posts) of the build process.
Enjoy!
-Paul
May 31, 2024 at 7:57 am #22138459pandronParticipantMay 31, 2024 at 7:57 am #22138460pandronParticipantMay 31, 2024 at 7:58 am #22138461pandronParticipantBracket assembly reenforced with fiberglass around edges
May 31, 2024 at 7:59 am #22138462pandronParticipantFully assembled, lots of sanding and varnish later…
May 31, 2024 at 8:00 am #22138463pandronParticipantScary stress test, but it passed! I weigh about 160 lbs.
May 31, 2024 at 8:00 am #22138464pandronParticipantAdded some foam raptor deck stuff (cheap stuff sourced from Amazon). Also cut out on my CNC router.
May 31, 2024 at 8:03 am #22138467pandronParticipantMounted in the stowed position for highway travel.
May 31, 2024 at 8:04 am #22138468pandronParticipantDeployed position.
May 31, 2024 at 8:05 am #22138469pandronParticipantView inside the bracket. Mounts using Trailex’s T-bolts to the trailer slot.
May 31, 2024 at 8:06 am #22138470pandronParticipantVoila! Sunset on the beach.
June 8, 2024 at 12:44 pm #22138474Sandman408ParticipantCool idea for steps! I’ve been thinking (planning ahead) of steps when mine is done. And I’m loving your cnc table too!!!
June 20, 2024 at 9:54 pm #22138476fischautotechgartenParticipantThat is genius…. Thank you for sharing! I imagine a bit of beefing up of the aluminum might be requred to get that setup to work with the popular Northern Tool Ultra-Tow 5×8 aluminium trailer.
June 20, 2024 at 10:08 pm #22138477fischautotechgartenParticipantI would love to see those AutoCAD fushion plans those steps! fischautotechgarten at gmail dot com
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