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    Posted: 24 Sep 2018 at 5:01pm
Good for you, my kid is ok but the grandkids...not so much..,computer gaming is a lot safer I guess..
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Nahh, My kids started working at 14.  I started paying into Social Security at 12, working off books earlier.  My oldest grandkid started working at 14.  It goes back generations in our family.  You just have to be sensible about the kind of work they do.  No explosives, logging, or working as a deck hand in Alaska.
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I can certainly feel that extra 10 lbs so you may be right....

I can agree with your suggestion except that kids are so protected from any sort of risks these days that you expose yourself to being accused of child abuse for putting the grandkids in danger by sending them up on the roof of the pod.  Wink
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Aha! There's the difference I only weight 220 so our Pod hardly moves when I get in; kind of like a leaf falling on the roof.  Wink

In all seriousness, I agree about putting down the jacks down, both front and back.  It's not that the trailer would try to tip over, but just that it's an unstable surface -- kind of like a painters fall scaffold hanging on the side of a building.  For most of us with advanced years, our balance isn't what it used to be  Or, as I suggested in another post, maybe it's time to send your kids or grandkids up to take care of the chore.  They're much more agile.
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I'm 230, the trailer does for sure notice it when I get in and out. Didn't want to find out what it was like climbing around on the roof without the jacks deployed Ouch
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Yikes! I'm not that fat!  Wink
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Short of Spidey glue it would also help to deploy the stabilizing jacks so the pod isn't tilting while you're up there Ouch 
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Spreading out your body, rubber soled shoes, a dry Pod roof, etc. all enhance raise the coefficient of friction.  Some of that glue that Spiderman uses for his web slinging would be ideal.  I wonder where you can get some, maybe Amazon.
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The friction coefficient between rough sawn wood and most materials is around .5 or .6,  so pretty good. I guess the plywood or anything else could be a problem if you were to stand up on it, but I never did. Just slithered around to keep from creating any point loading.  I was concerned about damaging the roof. Pretty obviously, avoid going up there if the roof is wet, nothing has a good friction coefficient when wet. 
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Originally posted by StephenH

Better yet is a pair of rubber knee pads along with good shoes with good traction such as deck shoes.

I agree. The plywood sheet sounds like a bad idea. Good sticky shoes and knee pads, (and keeping a low center of gravity), is a much better idea.
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