Big trucks and SUVs

[SON1C]

Mobile Detailers or anyone else, how do you reach the top? Just bring a small ladder?

[Tundra_10]

I have a werner platform for my truck... any bigger I would need to buy scaffold, which sometimes I still contemplate because the platform is not terribly stable when really trying to go for a long reach. I have also contemplated a platform from griots but am curious to how it works at its higher setting as a platform to stand on.

[Mike Phillips]

Check this thread out...


Step Stools, Platforms or Scaffolding to reach taller vehicles



We use the Werner platforms in the studio...


1954 Ford F-100 - Extreme Makeover - Process and products used

Robert using the PC and Glenn using the Meguiar's G110v2

[SON1C]

bump, i guess the werner will be good for 98% of vehicles?

[Bates Detailing]

I have a 6 ft ladder but honestly don't feel like busting it out - so I will just hold onto the top rail and step in the jam or floor board and polish one handed. This can be exhausting I think, but I am used to it I guess. Sometimes I will sit on the rails on top of the vehicle - only if I feel comfortable doing so (depends on the customer). Worst comes to worse - bust the ladder out (being mobile, always lay it down if you leave the ladder, the wind can blow it onto the vehicle and damage it). Hope this helps.

[snellvilleauto]

I have 2 of those but i m only 5'5 so it's still a little low. I have to open the doors and stand on the seat

[davidc11291]

I will just hold onto the top rail and step in the jam or floor board and polish one handed.

I do this, or stand on top of a 5 gallon bucket. Lay a towel underneath the bucket, so you don't get dirt and tiny rocks imbedded in the pastic rim. They'll end up in your wash mitt and mar the paint.

[crash93ssei]

I do this, or stand on top of a 5 gallon bucket. Lay a towel underneath the bucket, so you don't get dirt and tiny rocks imbedded in the pastic rim. They'll end up in your wash mitt and mar the paint.

A 5 gallon bucket isn't a very safe thing to stand on as they are usually flimsy and if they are ever left in the sun or are older they get very brittle and can crack or just shatter without warning. Best to use a normal stool or platform designed to hold the weight and be safe / sturdy.

[davidc11291]

Very true. A platform is one of those things that I'm always telling myself I need to get around to buying.

[SON1C]

best place to get the werner one then i guess? lowes/HD