Quote Originally Posted by "G" View Post
Looks great Doug...I like the hand hold post also
Thanks G. That hand-hold post is why there is a spot of paint gone off my RipTide. Every now and then I come in a little hot onto the trailer.I would never consider using the steps without the hand-hold. I got the idea for them from Kenny R and the late Big Dude on the KY Forum.

My Dad was a scrap aluminum/copper/etc trader for years. He picked that piece of square aluminum tubing up somewhere. It had been bent and was of no use to the owner. Dad threw it off the truck into his shop years ago. When I was welding up the steps at his shop (where I keep my buzz-box), I saw it and threw it in my truck. When I checked it for possible use on the step project, I figured it being bent would make it unusable. Ends up it was the exact length I needed and the bend was absolutely perfect for the job. Saved me a bunch of trial-and-error. I never have luck like that.