PJ's Bumectomy

GaryKelly · Guru

PJ's Bumectomy

Duh · Guru

You're a clever man Gary, and you have less steps to climb after a drink or two at happy hour! LOL ! biggrin

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Looks great Gary, and will be less fuel consumption too.!

-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Wednesday 28th of August 2013 02:56:02 PM

GaryKelly · Guru

A drink or two? Better be bloody big glasses then.

Duh · Guru

GaryKelly wrote:
A drink or two? Better be bloody big glasses then.

Hmmm......you might have to fit hand and grab rails then to assist your climb! wink biggrin

Janno · Veteran Member

Hi Garry,

I would definitely look into some sort of grab rail. One stumble and you will be a goner. I am particularly wary of these things because I fell off a ladder a few years ago and broke both my feet - put me out of action for over a year. Best to be safe than sorry.

Janno · Veteran Member

Sorry I misspelt your name Gary - one too many glasses of wine and, no, I wasn't drinking when I fell off the ladder.

GaryKelly · Guru

No worries, Vic and Janno. I meant to ask the engineer about fitting a grab rail but forgot. It's easy enough to hold onto the inside of the door frame but a handle would be better. And don't worry about putting an extra r in Gary, Janno... as long as you put at least one in there hehe.

neilnruth · Guru

That looks great now Gary. There will be far less wind resistance between cab and PJ now. Job well done.

Bryan · Guru

It looks good Gary. The excitement level must be climbing.

Duh · Guru

You could probably fit one of these simple grab handles yourself Gary, as long as your wall can support the weight placed on it, perhaps with a strengthening plate on the inside of the wall (bolt right through?) Say fix to the left of the doorway outside?

http://www.bigredcaravanparts.com.au/products/GRAB-HANDLE-VECAM-%252d-WHITE.html

Or you could get the more fancy ones with a light in them, would need to be wired to 12V, scroll down on the link for handles;

http://caravansplus.com.au/catalog/index.php?cPath=994_32_139_430

bill12 · Guru

Here is a coupleof pics of the railat the back of my camper. It swivels around and acts as a security bar which holds the stairs up, andyour can lock it with a padlock works well. Shouldn't be too hard to make. The rig will be a lot more stable now you have removed the box.Sorry, can't do anything about the fuel consumtion. 2.6ltr petrol mazda/ford engines use a lot of fuel. Might come down to see it(and you), later in the year, if you are around. Bill

Sheba · Guru

That's a very good idea Bill.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Beth54 · Guru

That seems a lot more sensible to me Gary.

And I agree about the grab rail. When my b-I-l did the reno on Lulu, he added a grab rail for me. It 's saved me from falling a couple of times. Not because of too much wine, biggrin just because I'm unco. disbelief

Mark · Senior Member

Looks much better Gary and in your own words;

"So far, I've only done a bit of driving around town but the improvement in handling and wind resistance is considerable. The unit also feels tighter and more responsive"

Maybe the "criticism" was meant as concern, wink

Safe travels smile