| [GMCnet] Another old guy on ladder story.... [message #241143] |
Mon, 24 February 2014 14:40  |
glwgmc
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As some may remember, we removed the pod from the Royale prior to our trip across country to circumnavigate the Maritime Provinces in 2010. When we got home we also removed the ladder and rails as I just did not think it a safe thing for me to be climbing up there at my age. That left the top looking quite ragged so while here in Mexico we decided to have the top repainted. For the last four days young 20s guys have been scraping off all the old junk (like decades old anti-slip tape) and carefully hand sanding the roof. They go up and down on a step ladder placed along one side. So, before they got here yesterday I thought it would be a good time for me to go up there and tighten the angle joint on the radio antenna that had a tendency to fall over toward the back while under speed. All was fine going up, but my foot slipped off the ladder while transitioning from the roof to the ladder coming down and I hit the gravel and sand parking lot with a giant thud.
Fortunately the outcome was far better than befell one of our west coast posters who fell off his coach and onto a concrete pad last fall. He suffered numerous broken bones including a cracked cranium and may well have permanent impairments. I suffered only a badly bruised tail bone, sprained ankle and cuts in my scalp where hair used to grow. So far it looks like I will heal with no long term damage. But, the logic I used when removing the pod, ladder and rails still rules - old guys do not belong on the top of a GMC!
Oh, and for those of you who might wonder if removing the pod, rails and ladder might have any beneficial effect on gas mileage or wind noise, nope, it doesn't.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
Visitors always welcome!
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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