M.O.R.E. Jeep Wrangler Hide-A-step Black YJSTB (87-95 Jeep Wrangler YJ) (extremeterrain.com)

something like this?

 

Ya, I have taken a look at these. I do have a side rail currently, and with the design of it I am not sure these will fit. I don't want to remove the rails I have as I know this is at most a 1 (maybe 2) year problem only as he grows a bit!

Thanks

 

He’s 5. Not sure he needs anything other than you helping him a little bit for a couple of days or weeks until he figure out how to do it without you. Plenty of rocksliders than can act steps as well so if you don’t have those, now you have the excuse

 

I do have some side rails/steps, so he's not completely on his own...but it's a fair ways up, and the current implications of it is that he ends up with some grease on the hands from the door latch striker, and a shirt and pants front full of whatever the latest road splatter is that has landed on the side steps. Not the end of the world on a Saturday, but on the way to school is a different story.

Thanks.

 

Foldable one-step stool from HF and some para-cord. Tie one end of the para-cord to the stool and the other end to something inside the Jeep.

 

I have seen some version of a paracord grab handle (without the step stool). Any experience with that? A climbing roap anchored to the seat hanging down to the floor?

 

Good exercise for the kids.
Like a jungle gym

 

Easy for me to spend your money!

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Haha, I thought of those....for the wife as much as for the kids! But a bit pricier than I am willing to go at this point.

 

If it helps, I can trade you my 33s and 1.5" spacer lift for your 37s and 3.5" lift.

 

Haha. I think my wife would agree. I've been mandated to put some new grab handles in place for the lift potentially not considering her vertical limitations...

 

Leg up?

 

That is what I was thinking. It’s better coming from you though.

 

i put rockslide engineering step sliders on my jeep. yes they are expensive so bought mine used.....now that we have them I will never own another without then. I would spend that money all day. the convenience is so worth spending the money. my wife(vertically challenged with knee and shoulder problems) would not be able to get in without them. I also take my nephew to school every other week and its so easy for him....I mean he is 9 now so could get in without them but so much easier. also helps to reach to take off freedom panels. I have never seen someone with them that has said they were not worth every penny.

 

So the only one that doesn't have an issue getting in your jeep is you? Good call...

 

Ha, I would be lying if I said it doesn't take a bit more hop in my step as well to get in, haha.

 

Hi all,

I recently added some 37s and a 3.5 lift to my 4-door.

I have a 10 year old daughter and a 5 year old son. They use to be able to climb into the Jeep no problem, but now it's a bit of a challenge, specifically for my son. He grabs at the door latch striker, and the metal storage pieces (where the door netting typically is) so make it work, but it's not easy.

I want to avoid things like a step stool that need to get folded and taken with us (if I am folding and putting it in, I may as well just be putting him in...looking for something he can be self-sufficient with). I have seen some ideas on a grip and climbing rope anchored to the front seat headrest, but not sure I have seen a version I think will work for him yet.

Any photos and/or ideas of what you all have used to assist so that he can get in on his own again?

Thanks all!

My wife is 5ft on a good day I have a similar issue. There's really nothing beyond what folks have suggested other than to say depending on what you've got for rails there are bracket type attachments that are a lot cheaper and achieve more or less the same result as the rock slide engineering product someone mentioned BUT you are gonna have to take it on and off. garvin (the roof rack company not the nav device company) makes a step around $100, steinjager (sp?) makes a "stirrup" similar price but easier to store etc.

we've tried both over the years. i didn't care for the stirrup as it messed with the coating on my rails so they're gone. the step get's used about half the time. if we're not packed for a trip i just throw it in the back with my wheel chock. the rest of the time she does does little hop, stretch pull maneuver with the rail and grab handle.

kids grow fast. you won't have this problem for long.

 

My wife is 5ft on a good day I have a similar issue. There's really nothing beyond what folks have suggested other than to say depending on what you've got for rails there are bracket type attachments that are a lot cheaper and achieve more or less the same result as the rock slide engineering product someone mentioned BUT you are gonna have to take it on and off. garvin (the roof rack company not the nav device company) makes a step around $100, steinjager (sp?) makes a "stirrup" similar price but easier to store etc.

we've tried both over the years. i didn't care for the stirrup as it messed with the coating on my rails so they're gone. the step get's used about half the time. if we're not packed for a trip i just throw it in the back with my wheel chock. the rest of the time she does does little hop, stretch pull maneuver with the rail and grab handle.

kids grow fast. you won't have this problem for long.

Great info.

My wife gets by. The side rail and the soon to add grab handles will suffice.

For the kids, my side rails are the Smittybilt 76634LT, so looking at the Garvin ladder type piece, I think the space where it would sit is filled in on my rails.

The Steinjager stirrups however may do the trick! They look simple, easy for the kids to grab from the floor of the back seat and put it in place themselves, and small/light for them to pull up and put back in. I wonder if the metal can be covered in rubber to solve the coating on the rails. Was it the stainless steal anchors that did the rubbing? Or the metal of the stirrup itself? I may need a longer piece of strap to get it over the existing rail, but that may be doable on my own end if I get the metal pieces from them. Thanks for that!

 

I almost bought the RSE retractable steps. I'm on a 3.5" MC GC lift, 37s. But they weigh like 300lbs. (not exagerating). Then there is the reliabilty to be concerned with. I have some AMP retractable steps on my truck. After about 5 years, they became unreliable. They don't really have a network of any service. RSE doesn't either. That means you have to do any repair or maintenance yourself, because shipping them back to the maker is impractical.

 

I would love them! But after blowing my budget on the current work to get the jeep where it is, I will likely see the kids grow up enough to not need them before that purchase. Thanks for the info on the service though...they were on my radar but that would be a concern.

 

A boat rope ladder. Just bolt it to the floor and tuck it there. Drops out, easy step in, then he can pull it back up and store it. One or at most two rung should be plenty.

 

So this is getting more to what I was initially thinking. Even just a knotted rope. I actually thought there would be more DIY pictures of what others have done in that regard.

Even in the market, I was thinking about these (though I think I need longer)
Paracord Kid Assist Grab Handle single - Etsy Canada

 

We used to use these

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I think they are a great idea. My father gave me the same suggestion. My only concern was that my 5 year old isn't going to be able to reach down and pull it in, and then it kinda defeats the idea of him being self sufficient with the solution.

 

Make sure you take videos.

 

All kidding aside, my plan has been to fabricate some steps that quickly bolt on to my rock slider steps. On the street, they'll be on. Then I'll take them off for any off-roading that requires the ground clearance.

 

My mom only complained when she had to feed the three of us big Pollack kids.

Ate her out of house and home. We all fit in the '68 Catalina wagon though.

 

Give those kids the Russian Olympian treatment!

 

 

Drill a hole in the folding step stool. Attach some twine/rope. Young jeeper can pull the stool up into the Jeep & good to go.

A couple years ago at an off road park I saw a lady, I’d guess 70 yrs or so, use a milk crate to climb up. Had a rope tied to the crate. This lady was driving a 2 door rubicon on 35s with no top in December to boot. Was at a Wheelin for Toys event at K-Rock off road park. She was getting after it at the park!

 

Love it!

 

Expensive, but a quick fix and come in many colors. Keep it inside the door and you can pull out, hook it up and he can pull it inside and store it in the door net or under then seat after he is in.

Search: step (steinjager.com)

 

Expensive, but a quick fix and come in many colors. Keep it inside the door and you can pull out, hook it up and he can pull it inside and store it in the door net or under then seat after he is in.

Search: step (steinjager.com)

I think those are the most likely answer so far, though I will need to find extra strap to get it over my side rail

 

Boat side rock sliders….

 

I had a similar problem with my kids trying to climb into the Jeep, especially after the lift. I ended up getting a small mobile step platform from www.astrolift.co.nz that we keep in the garage. It's lightweight but solid, and the grip on it makes it safe for the kids to use. They carry it over themselves and climb up no problem now.

 

My friend's wife uses this one hand opening and closing step stool to get into their Jeep.

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It's tied to the Jeep's front passenger seat with paracord.

 

I have one very similar to that one that I keep on the floor board behind the passenger seat. It ain't purty, but it works!

 

Bungee cords - strap them on then have them run away

 

What solution did you end up going with? The paracord grab handle seems like a simple and effective option.

 

I went with nothing at all, haha. It took a couple of months, but eventually my son (the younger of the two kids at 6 years old) started hoisting himself up grabbing the door latch anchor and the metal door baskets I had replacing the netting. So the kids solved the issue themselves!