Question for anyone with a rear door ladder

[shayne86]

Quick question for anyone with a read door ladder. Can you or have you ever used it for storage or bulky items like maxtrax or maybe even a jerry can?

I'm thinking a rear door ladder would make a good maxtrax holder but ive never seen one in person. Hard to gauge these things from photos online.

[V8Ian]

Any weight on the ladder is increased at the hinge by mechanical advantage, when the door is open. I think a jerry is a big ask of the hinges and pillar.

[shayne86]

Any weight on the ladder is increased at the hinge by mechanical advantage, when the door is open. I think a jerry is a big ask of the hinges and pillar.Good point. Already have a bigger tyre on there.
Maxtrax storage wouldn't be pushing it too far i imagine. They aren't overly heavy, nothing like a jerry anyways.

[gavinwibrow]

Good point. Already have a bigger tyre on there.
Maxtrax storage wouldn't be pushing it too far i imagine. They aren't overly heavy, nothing like a jerry anyways.

You really don't want too much more weight on that. When I fitted oversize tyres I made sure that when the door was closed the tyre rested on the rear steel bar to provide some hinge relief - especially for off road/corrugations.

[Bohica]

I guess a max-track would be ok, I'd be using the ladder to get onto the roof rack to access the max-track, etc. You can get fittings for the max-track that go on the side of the roof rack.

[trout1105]

Most people carry at least 2x maxtracks ( I carry 4x) .
Maybe not so weighty clean but covered in mud/sand they can be so putting all that extra kgs on the rear door hinges isn't a great idea. .
Whack them on the roofrack and use the ladder to access them[thumbsupbig]