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Topic: CHIN-UP or PULL-UP Bar for an RV... HELP?

Posted By: Hardyboy101 on 01/05/11 10:05am

Since I sold my house and am living full time in a 5th wheel, I greatly miss my chin-up bar. I previously used the "Iron Gym" pull-up bar which mounts in a standard doorway but I no longer have any door jamb. Does anyone have any ideas how to mount a chin-up bar on the exterior ladder of my RV? Does anything like this exist on the market? Thank you for any help?

Posted By: Mirage3250 on 01/05/11 10:20am

Bike racks have two 'rods' that stick out from the ladder to carry bikes.
I have a ladder extension on my ladder that I used to use to carry a bike. This extension is about 18" long, has a "C" shape at the top so it can be attached anywhere on the ladder rungs and has two 6" rods that stick out 90 degrees from the frame.
(It's meant to be mounted at bottom of the ladder and the two rods rest against the unit to make it straight with the mounted ladder, but it can be reversed and mounted up higher to carry a bike or lawn chairs.)
It's the same strength as the ladder and can be climbed on so it would hold somebody doing pull ups. Lots of RV's have these extensions...motorhomes also....so you might find a used one somewhere.

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Posted By: jaycoje on 01/05/11 10:35am

In my previous 5th wheel I used the "Perfect Pull Up" bar. I attached it to the door way/hall way, I just had to cut the bar a little to fit. When not in use you can take the bar off and you just have the brackets left on the wall. Since I've only used it maybe 3 times in 2 years, it was not installed in our new 5th wheel. Sorry I don't have any Pics of it.

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Posted By: tsetsaf on 01/05/11 11:08am

Great question OP I am going to follow this thread... jaycoje - when mounted to the wall was there any worry about the screws pulling out? Or is it a sturdy setup?

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Posted By: skipnchar on 01/05/11 12:02pm

Camp where there are lots of trees around [emoticon]

Walk to the playground? (doubles your exercise)

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Posted By: leghorn204 on 01/05/11 12:09pm

skipnchar wrote:

Camp where there are lots of trees around [emoticon]

Walk to the playground? (doubles your exercise)

Posted By: SoCalDesertRider on 01/05/11 01:40pm

A pull up bar could be fabricated to go into the truck's receiver hitch, which would be the most sturdy place to mount something like that.

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Posted By: jaycoje on 01/05/11 05:50pm

tsetsaf wrote:

Great question OP I am going to follow this thread... jaycoje - when mounted to the wall was there any worry about the screws pulling out? Or is it a sturdy setup?

The brackets had 3 good size wood screws in each one, and I made sure the screws went into studs. It worked fine the few times I used it, but I don't weigh much. It was mounted over the stairs going into the bedroom so if you bent your legs a little there was plenty of room to hang. Good luck.

Posted By: wildross on 01/05/11 08:20pm

You can do partial pullups (inclined) on the tailgate of the truck, if your hands are big enough to go over the edge.

Posted By: DUNEBUGGYDOUG on 01/05/11 08:26pm

popcorn please

Posted By: jaycoje on 01/05/11 08:39pm

DUNEBUGGYDOUG wrote:

popcorn please

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Nice reply [emoticon]

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