Ladder placement on headache locker?

Horizontally and below the doors looks like it would work.

 

I’ve seen guys do two heavy duty shelf brackets and hang the ladder upside down by the bottom rung. Two eye bolts dead center, top and bottom, for a 1” strap. I personally just got a collapsible ladder that fit inside the headace rack. Outside ladders only last a few years in my experience before they rot or get stolen.

 

I had chained mine to the frame of the truck behind the cab on my last job, because there was no headache rack. All the gear was stored in the trailer header board except for the coil rubber strips which I covered the ladder with and then strapped those to the ladder.

 

What is the most used door? Also remember that you’re adding weight to it and it will potentially rattle around.

 

Can’t see if there is room, but you could go off the back side of that nice passenger side toolbox, would keep it clear of the doors on your deck.lock off to the frame. I would sooner climb up one of that style ladder than a collapsible one, if you need to lug up a tarp you would find yourself well over the weight rating on a collapsible one

 

Hey, you can buy a ladder bracket from Lowes that fits them ladders and bolt it to the door. It hooks on one of the rungs. My headache rack sets further back from the cab, so my ladder hung from the bracket between the cab and headache rack. Just need to add a bungie to help prevent the ladder bouncing off the bracket.

 

We have some of those 300 pound ones at work, great product. I’m 230 before I get my boots , carpentry rig, harness, and whatever I’m carrying up to install moving up there. 300 goes fast, but there usually able to surpass that by at least 50% before failure. I’ve broken many straight steps, never those folding ones, they get a workout putting in lvl’s