Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Got busy last week on my inside as I have been wanting to add some grab bars above each door to facilitate getting my old weary bones and fat ass up and out the door, anyone else have that problem?

I had a couple of SS Handicap grab bars for a toilet room that I kept from a remodel, I had to shorten one and lengthen the other, but there was more than enough materiel from the shortened one to lengthen the other.

The one I lengthened only needed to be about an 1-1/2 longer, and from the one I shortened I cut about 5" out of it, so I used the whole piece to make fit up easier and chopped the other end accordingly. The following photo's are of the one I lengthened only:

To get the best fit for welding I trued both ends on my lathe.


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I then fit it up for tack up using angle iron to hold it straight

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Before welding I checked for true and straight, the existing flanges seen here were cut off and replaced with new backing plates I fabbed earlier in the week.



The brackets I fabbed for my roof rack on the outside doubled for attachment on the inside



The finished product, both sides now have grab bars.

Nice,

Makes a good curtain rod too...

Rob

I put mine on the outside DUH!

Made a great lift handle for the hatch.

48Rob wrote:Nice,

Makes a good curtain rod too...

Rob

Same thing my wife said, and to hang clothes on.

Might add here that now I can grab the bar and swing my feet out the door and pop right out like I'm 20 again.........well almost.

That's a good idea.

Thanks, I may need to consider it...

I've installed Garage door lift Handles from the inside ceiling just over me in the bed so I could just reach up and pull myself up.



They also double as a place to hang things on hangers while traveling.

Happy Trails

Len

Oh I forgot I have one in the teardrop to help getting upright in the morning......