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    Posted: 21 May 2020 at 8:23am
Which reminds me of an incident....

My wife would NOT let me climb up my aluminum extension ladder to entend a pole to clear out a wasp nest in a bathroom vent on the roof of our two-story home.

So, we hired a local "handyman" service to come do it.

Guess who they sent?

A guy about 70 who was very concerned about climbing up there.

I don't blame him at all.

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"Hmmm, based on this unscientific poll there is a large cohort of rPod owners who are stubborn old farts who have taken serious falls. Now, what does that tell us? Dead"

I think it says, spend a few bucks more for a slide out awning and don't risk taking a dive off a ladder.
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I am not automatically fearful of ladders. I have at least once gone up a 40' ladder, and I used a 32' ladder many times. That said, those telescoping things just do not give me confidence.
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Posts: 5290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 May 2020 at 6:15am
Originally posted by crw8sr

"Hmmm, based on this unscientific poll there is a large cohort of rPod owners who are stubborn old farts who have taken serious falls. Now, what does that tell us? Dead"

I think it says, spend a few bucks more for a slide out awning and don't risk taking a dive off a ladder.

Note the part about being stubborn old farts. LOL

I don't want the extra weight of a topper and the ladder would come along anyway as it serves other purposes for me besides cleaning off the slide, including using it to put up and take down my cellular directional antenna and accessing the roof of the SUV. So, I have a very sturdy regular 4 foot step ladder, no telescoping or collapsing, I'm always certain it is firmly planted, with my wife spotting, never climb past the second step, and most importantly, I always reposition it directly in front of the work. That was my mistake when I fell, an older ladder and I tried to reach out too far rather than reposition it. 
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My home-built slide-out cover is pretty light, but I do need the ladder to put it on and remove it. I'd like the automatic one, but a few things keep me from getting one. One is the additional weight mentioned by Offgrid. The second is the cost. I just dropped a hefty sum for the LiFePO4 upgrade which included not only the battery, but the DC to DC charger and the wiring to make it all work plus a solar panel. I'm not ready to spend the money needed to put one of the automatic toppers on yet. A third is the additional drag from something sticking out into the air stream. The third may or may not be significant, but it can't help.
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