Westcott designs ladders and false cross traffic alert when backing up

[jbol74]

As the title says. Anyone else have this problem?

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[Archer]

Build quality of WCD products is great but I think they should drop the design part of their name because there are so many design flaws with some their products the name seems unwarranted.

Roof Rack:
* Lo Pro is 1/4" too low to clear the antenna making the last 1/4 of the roof rack unusable
* no notch in T-Slots that allow attachments without removing the entire bar.
* Too many bottle openers.

Ladder:
* Blocks backup camera setting off alarm
* Steps are too narrow and are way too close to the rear hatch to fit your feet on without hitting the rear hatch or slipping off (grip tape helps)
* Top of ladder is so close it also prevents stuff being mounted on the rear of the roof rack because the top of the ladder will hit it.
*Too many bottle openers.

With the WCD sliders, roof rack and ladder I now have (6) bottle openers on my 4R, crazy....

IMHO, drop the bottle openers and concentrate on thoughtful design layout.




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[3rdRunner]

Build quality of WCD products is great but I think they should drop the design part of their name because there are so many design flaws with some their products the name seems unwarranted.

Roof Rack:
* Lo Pro is 1/4" too low to clear the antenna making the last 1/4 of the roof rack unusable
* no notch in T-Slots that allow attachments without removing the entire bar.
* Too many bottle openers.

Ladder:
* Blocks backup camera setting off alarm
* Steps are too narrow and are way too close to the rear hatch to fit your feet on without hitting the rear hatch or slipping off (grip tape helps)
* Top of ladder is so close it also prevents stuff being mounted on the rear of the roof rack because the top of the ladder will hit it.
*Too many bottle openers.

With the WCD sliders, roof rack and ladder I now have (6) bottle openers on my 4R, crazy....

IMHO, drop the bottle openers and concentrate on thoughtful design layout.




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lol…I have to agree with you on the bottle opener thing. I look like I have a drinking issue and I’m afraid to get more than an arm’s length away from the nearest way to crack open a cold one. As for the ladder, I get the spurious warning from time to time. I’ll have to pay more attention to it and see if it’s when turned a certain way, or what. There is a lot I like about the WD products (welding for one), but there are certainly issues. I’m fighting with the rack right now to get it aligned with the roof and the front gap sealed.

 

[ROBERT18452]

I have the Westcott ladder and roof rack and I have not experienced any of the anomalies you describe.

The roof rack must not be installed correctly because the rear bar is intended to be mounted up and down behind the antenna. Also Westcotts roof rack is adjustable up and down to allow it to fit as loose or as tight as you want to be.

 

[3rdRunner]

I have the Westcott ladder and roof rack and I have not experienced any of the anomalies you describe.

The roof rack must not be installed correctly because the rear bar is intended to be mounted up and down behind the antenna. Also Westcotts roof rack is adjustable up and down to allow it to fit as loose or as tight as you want to be.
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I’m not worried about it. I had sone folks install for me . They put the inserts on top and mounted a perfectly level rack. Unfortunately as you know the roof is convex. I just have to loosen everything, drop the inserts and crossbars and re-tighten sequentially from the front. It’s just time. The ladder does give me periodic spurious warnings. Not worried about that either., it’s infrequent. The bottle openers …let me know if you need any…lol.

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