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Originally Posted by ElectroBoy
Very interesting, thanks for all that info. A couple of observations about the photos.
- The rake on that would drive all the levelers on this forum crazy, it looks like a six inch difference.
- That minimal ladder. How is someone other than Spidermen supposed to use it? Left foot on bumper, right foot on tail light step, left foot on ?
Or is it right foot on tire, left foot on tail light step, right foot on munchkin two-step? 
Anyway, I like it. |
That's an interesting observation. I really have no idea. I haven't ever actually seen one in person. I think the idea is basically that you just step on the bar above the light and the upper part is mostly for a hand hold. The LC200 really isn't all that tall and equally important is that the roof isn't all that wide. Much like the 4Runner - for the most part you can reach everything from the ground anyway. So the paradox I see is that you probably need to be fairly tall to step up to the step bar, but at the same time a person who's fairly tall can just reach the top rack without the step. Especially if you have the ambulance doors so you can stand easily on the rear bumper or interior area.
I think it's similar in step up distance to something like this:
On vehicles like a sprinter van, or even a Suburban (I had one about 20 years ago) getting up to the top rack, you often would need to actually climb up on top. Not only due to height, but also because the reach is so far across the rack to get to stuff in the middle. In those cases a ladder is probably a necessity and really useful.
