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  • Little Giant Ladder origina install location

    Posted by Dorel on May 31, 2015 at 12:46 pm
    Hello, we just aquired our first Prevost Marathon, 2000 H3-45, lots to learn / understand.Our documentation indicates that there was a laddder installed in the 3rd bay rear wall, but cannot locate the mounting, of course ladder is long gone. I was curious of the mount design, if any, thank you
    Peter replied 11 years, 3 months ago 9 Members · 24 Replies
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  • Dorel

    Member
    May 31, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    Welcome to PC and Marathon ownership. Seems to be many Marathon “H” models showing up here.

    Some one must have a 2000 Marathon with the mounting still there.

    I also would like to see where it was stored.

    AL

  • Dick

    Member
    May 31, 2015 at 1:18 pm

    Mine is stored in the 3rd bay on the drivers side on a shelf above the inverters. Marathon also put a jack and various shore power adapters there as well. Mine is an XLii so I do not know whether that is relevant to yours.

  • Dorel

    Member
    May 31, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    Speaking of Little Giant Ladders, which one is most appropriate for a Prevost XLV owner?

    I see models extending to 11′ (Model 13) and 15′ (Model 17). Is 11′ enough to get to the top of the XLV or does one have to go to a 15′ model with the extra one foot of storage length?

  • Dick

    Member
    May 31, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    Dick, according to the owners manual, XL / XLV should use 13ft extension, H3 should use 17ft

  • Dorel

    Member
    May 31, 2015 at 2:12 pm

    TG, thanks, I have the lift tooling on driver side 2nd bay, no ladder or othe supports.

  • Greg

    Member
    May 31, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    AL, thanks, hopefully not too many issues to resolve…just friendly advises…to tne newbies.

  • Kim

    Member
    May 31, 2015 at 8:11 pm

    Welcome Dorel…

    My Little Giant is on the drivers side, 3rd bay with it’s own storage space and is 17 foot.

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 5:32 am

    Thanks Tom, can you please forward another photo where the support is visible, this pic is very dark, I appologize for the inconvenience, appreciate the help. Thanks

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 8:37 am

    I’ll email you a better pic.

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 8:44 am

    Don’t for get about me in …Missouri.

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 9:44 am

    My ladder is stored vertically in the third bay, strapped to the side of the box where the Marathon chairs are stored. It is held in place with a nylon strap with a snap.

    My ladder extends to 11 feet (as an extension ladder), which would get you on the roof in an emergency, if you were willing to lean the ladder against the coach.

    I just bought a new Little Giant for accessing the roof of the bus while at home. It is 9 feet long when retracted, 17 feet high when fully extended in A- frame configuration. In other words, it is an adjustable height ( up to 17′) stepladder. Unlike typical Little Giants, it does not convert to an extension ladder.

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    Thanks, we have our chairs on C/S 1st bay, no room to store anything there, pretty tight. I will check if there is enough room between bay slide on wall to clear the latter.

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    Since we all carry different things I have modified all of my coaches in the storage bays to suit or accomodate my “stuff”. I just try to create a plan that allows me to place the most used stuff easiest to access, and that doesn’t allow for wasted space. Sometimes I have had to redo my storage since my needs changed or I needed to do a better job.

    It’s a good weekend project that usually only involves a power screw driver, maybe some velcro, and maybe some wood strips or blocks for spacing.

    There is no single right answer to how to store things.

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    Jon: Which Little Giant Ladder do you carry in your XL? Is it high enough to get you to the roof comfortably and safely?

  • Archived

    Member
    June 1, 2015 at 5:27 pm

    I have a folding Werner ladder

    I have used this for the entire time we have owned a coach and I like that I can use it as a step ladder, scaffold or fully opened as an extention ladder. It is not as space efficient as the Little Giant, but it works so well I will stick with it.

    I am not sure of the actual height but it is taller than the coach when extended and I can get on the roof. It does not look like the photo when collapsed, but is basically a 12″ high box the width of the ladder by the length of the ladder sections.

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