Hey everyone,

I've been wanting a ladder for the back of my truck for a while now, but I don't know where to look anymore. I've contacted BajaRack twice to see if they would bring their design back and they said no both times. Drabbits kindly said they wouldn't be interested and recommended I get a Gobi. WMW doesn't do any sort of roof rack related stuff anymore. I'd like to stay away from Gobi due to personal reasons that have been hashed out many times on this forum so I don't really want to get into that here.

Basically I'm wondering if anyone has any other solutions as where too look for one?

If not I guess I'll just have to suck it up and go with the Gobi one, I'd rather not, but I also don't want to be holding myself back from something I want/need because of something like this. You only live one life and it's short enough, might as well have what you like is kinda the attitude I have towards this. Just wanted to see if anyone else had any suggestions.

Thanks!

If you go Gobi, I want your WMW...

Make your own?

Not getting rid of the rack, just looking to add a ladder. You'd have to pry the rack from my cold dead hands haha

I thought about it, but I don't know how to weld. I'd like to learn, but that plan is a few years out currently.

Funny how when you start to think of ideas then you come onto the forum and BAM! someone posts about it. My buddy has a welder so he's going to help me this summer build a custom rack and ladder. I'm going with a side ladder because I like the unique look. I need to build a roof rack strong enough to hold me for photography.
He's a picture of how I'm going to base mine off of.

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@Unner

Aluminess makes aluminum ladders for SUVs. You might check with them to see if they can modify one of their existing ladders to work on a 3rd Gen.

If you do hard wheeling on narrow trails that side ladder will cause problems. I have body damage right where that ladder sits, and didn't even feel the impact. I'd stick with a rear ladder to prevent getting hung up.

I'm going to building one to go with my rack that I'm making....

I'll post pics when I get it taken care of. Don't know if I'm going to go with the 3/4" square tube I have, or the 3/4" pipe.

With a little welding skills they are not very hard to make. Here is a version of a hitch mounted rear tire carrier I made for my old 99.

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I thought Baja made one, or at least they were going to. I think your only option besides building one is Gobi.

You have a WMW rack right? If so maybe talk to Josh to see if he can fix you up with something. One good option would be hinging the ladder to the rack, and have it attach to the lower part of the hatch.

I've never seen that ladder, that looks great. That's the same reason I want one mostly. To get up there easier and take pictures and get a better view of wherever I may be.

Thanks! I'll check them out!

I didn't think about that...

That looks really good!

I've thought about trying to incorporate a ladder into a rear bumper, but I'm not sure when a rear bumper is in the works or if anyone would be willing to modify their bumper to fit a ladder, such as CBI.


Baja made a couple a few years ago, but apparently they were prototypes and they don't make them anymore. I do have a WMW rack, I talked to Josh about it, but he said he's not interested in making one after all the other stuff that happened. I do like the option of hinging the ladder to the rack though.

I can't tell where your ladder mounts to up top from the picture. Is it fully removable or hinged?

Mounted to the swing out tire carrier.

You are correct, I made it out of .090 thick square tube and held my 180Lbs without flexing.

Modeled after Hitchgate? Spare Tire Carrier | Wilco OffroadWilcoOffroad.com

I think I read somewhere that in time, Savage will be making a dual swingout option that includes a ladder if desired.