Hook-up kit!

[MAX Burner]

@Steph and Dud B 

On 2/8/2025 at 10:00 AM, Steph and Dud B said:

Heavy Duty Tire Step https://a.co/d/5vK6ftR. 

I'm getting one!

[Geronimo John]

On 1/20/2025 at 3:09 AM, ScottyGS said:

I threw a fireplace tool with a 90 degree bend on the end in the basement years ago.  Hooks the milk crates I store stuff in pretty good and use it for the campfires too. 

One of our original purchases was a trash grabber:  

It works GREAT for pushing our milk crates back into the basement.  But when removing the milk crates the vinyl flooring hooks the edge of the milk crate.  So I tied a paracord "Yoke" to the base of the crate one one end, and to the door hinge on the other.  By pulling the paracord "high", it lifts the milk crate just enough to pass that edge.  Also a lot faster.

GJ

[MAX Burner]

Same here.  We use 550# paracord lanyards on our milk crates that live in the "garage."

[jd1923]

On 2/8/2025 at 10:00 AM, Steph and Dud B said:

Bought something like this when we had a fifth wheel, to help me reach into the bed while hooking up: Heavy Duty Tire Step https://a.co/d/5vK6ftR. 

So I recently made this purchase and it did not fit too well (without modification). There was extra depth adjustable to fit around width of the truck tires but the step was sitting too high even at its lowest setting. I noticed that you could get another 2" drop if you removed the screw with the rubber stop. I drilled a hole in the vertical to remount the stop in the lower position. If you do this, be careful as drilling in the exact correct location is difficult. I also removed the Clevis pins on the top portion in favor of bolts with a flat-rounded screw head on the tire side. On the lower Clevis pins I substituted real cotter pins so that nothing will fall off during travel.

We'll likely have this always mounted on our RR truck tire at campsites. Chris & I will be able to easily reach to the center of the truck bed. I will also use this on the front tires when working maintenance under the hood.

Another nice feature as compared to a milk crate step is that when parked on a hillside you can rotate this step to be level with gravity. A great inexpensive addition! Thanks again, Stephanie and Dudley!

Edited March 16 by jd1923

[Ronbrink]

12 hours ago, jd1923 said:

I also removed the Clevis pins on the top portion in favor of bolts with a flat-rounded screw head on the tire side. On the lower Clevis pins I substituted real cotter pins so that nothing will fall off during travel.

I too made a purchase on @Steph and Dud B’s recommendation, and soon found the provided clevis pins to be too cumbersome; specifically the R clips were small and subject to dropping. No bueno! I replaced them with quick release pins, problem solved! I put a formerly used SealLine Dry Park from past outdoor adventures to good use in stowing the tire step inside the Savana van.