{"id":54,"date":"2017-09-11T10:05:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T09:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:31:44","slug":"54-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"Telescopic ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Our expectations &amp; reasoning behind this item.<\/h6>\n<p>We needed to be able to access the roof boxes and though this may be a good option, but it has now been replaced with a <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #99ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=237\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">straight ladder<\/span><\/a><\/span> permanently stored on the van roof.<\/p>\n<h6>The telescopic ladder.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-132 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6315-e1505684458838-720x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6315-e1505684458838-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6315-e1505684458838-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6315-e1505684458838-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6315-e1505684458838-768x1092.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-310 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6314-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6314-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6314-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6314-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6314-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>In use&nbsp;reviews.<\/h6>\n<p>Although it collapses it is still quite large to store and heavier than we expected.<br \/>\nWe have now installed a<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=237\">straight ladder and a rack,<\/a><\/span> on the van roof.<br \/>\nThe Telescopic ladder weighs in at 7.54 kg, the replacement ladder is about 5.5 kg + fixings at about 1 kg so a slight weight saving of about 1 kg, plus the straight ladder has permanent out-of-the-way storage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><em>Pros.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Seem to be well made.<br \/>\nNot a fixed length, so can be used when headroom is restricted.<\/p>\n<h6><em>Cons.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Heavier than we expected at 7.54KG.<br \/>\nThe top plastic end caps fall off easily.<\/p>\n<h6>Our conclusions.<\/h6>\n<p>Not a bad piece of kit but not what we need at the moment.<br \/>\nThings may change in the future when we fit the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=6061\">pop-top roof<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Other related or affected items.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=237\">Straight ladder<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our expectations &amp; reasoning behind this item. We needed to be able to access the roof boxes and though this may be a good option, but it has now been replaced with a straight ladder permanently stored on the van roof. The telescopic ladder. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In use&nbsp;reviews. Although it collapses &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=54\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Telescopic ladder&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":415,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20422,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/20422"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}