Guys, I’m wanting a secure way to attach a ladder to my 2001 Jeep Cherokee Classic for transportation to my resi jobs. I have a luggage rack A) didn’t know if that would suffice and B) wasn’t having any luck trying to locate a ladder rack for my vehicle. Just wondered what you all thought.
Also a question on resi jobs. I’ve done a few comm jobs as I am new to the window cleaning world but haven’t done any resi jobs yet and was wondering when you get to a house do you remove all the screens first or what’s your system? I don’t have a WFP yet so I will be poling and laddering everything for a while.
I previously had a Grand Cherokee that I would put my ladders on. I didn’t have any problems strapping the ladders (up to 32’ extension ladder) to the factory rack. If your Cherokee doesn’t have the cross supports then I would recommend that you go to Thule.com. They have racks for every vehicle made.
Thanks, I will try that then. I wasn’t sure if the factory racks would suffice. I am going to buy either a truck or a van in the near future but for now I was hoping to get by with the factory racks. Nice to know they worked for you.
I have a 2001 Jeep Laredo and I consider it my second work vehicle. I give most of my bids and other business meetings/errands with this vehicle. My plan is to keep it until the damn thing just doesn’t move. I think it is a great work vehicle that is very multi-dimensional. I however have never strapped a ladder on top of the Jeep.
My advice…buy a 28 foot Gorilla ladder! I have two of them and they both fit in the back of my Jeep folded up at the same time! I would be able to clean 75% of my residential clients with just the Gorilla. I have a work van with a variety of extension ladders but I prefer to keep them on top of the truck, Gorilla is much easier to use and can be used for almost any window. Just food for thought…
