Thread: Rear ladders

Originally Posted by juddy

I agree the Patriot Racks are very good, on par with Hannibal, No retailers in Oz yet!!!!!!

I used to be in the UK

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We fitted an Opposite Lock ladder.
Very similar to the Hannibal post above.
Very happy with it.

Originally Posted by Yorkshire_Jon

I used to be in the UK

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I know you did, you told me all about it when we met. Its about time Patriot Racks were sold here..

I am also looking to go the rack and ladder option does anyone know if there are any Hannibal suppliers near Brisbane, or is Mulgo the only option to purchase?

Thanks
G

Just found the head office here in Brisbane.......

We've had the Dolium one fitted. There's a bit of a step between the 1st (seperate) step and the top 3, but you get used to that pretty quickly.

We returned yesterday from 3 weeks on the road, setting up and packing up camp each day, which involved numerous climbs to the roof rack (full-size rack with nearly full-size bag, full of the lighter, bulkier gear). No problems at all.

We got a LR full-length ladder that bolts to the rear cross-member thingy using the two existing torx (is that the name?) bolts. The top off the ladder is attached via two rivunut thingos - though i just used ten mm bolts and nuts and washers as I coul;dn't figure out the rivunut.

The mob at Graheme Cooper in Sydney thought it was illegal as in their oppinion it partially covers the wider Australian rego plates. I didn't think so as it was avaiable from LR as a genuine accessory. And the good NT MVR don't have an issue.

As for practical - it's the ducks nuts. You can't beat it and the aftermarket ones IMHO are are bit silly with the rungs being half way up the truck already. With the LR ladder you can safely climb up from the rear bar. I can find some pictures if it helps.