Daren and Heather
Jet Boat Junkie
- Messages
- 229
- Reaction score
- 185
- Points
- 132
- Location
- Prior Lake, MN
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2020
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 21
Thought this would be good for everyone here to know.
My swim deck ladder on my 2020 AR210 became near impossible to put in all the way till it latched. Many swear words last boating season were uttered as I used all my strength to try to push it in the last 1/4” on both sides.
Bought a new one and in the process of taking the old one out I discovered exactly why. The very end of each of the top tubes underneath (about where the springs inside are) were slightly caved in. So the smaller that slides inside of those at the top has trouble going all the way because of the indentation.
Because of the design, this is EXTREMELY easy to happen.
All it takes is one time from one person. Here’s how.
If you do not slide the ladder 100% ALL the way out before someone steps on it, even by just a tiny bit, which is easy in the water when it floats a little first… you will damage it. It puts all of the weight on the top hollow tube against the cross bar and since it doesn’t hit flat - it can dent the hollow tube. All it takes is once with the right weight person. My ladder was completely fine one day and it wasn’t the next day. That’s what happened.
See the pics. This is sooo easy to happen!
My only advice is to, as the captain, just be responsible for putting the ladder in and out for people. You can’t expect your passengers to always do it 100% of the way before stepping on it and if they don’t just once - you’ll need a new ladder.
My swim deck ladder on my 2020 AR210 became near impossible to put in all the way till it latched. Many swear words last boating season were uttered as I used all my strength to try to push it in the last 1/4” on both sides.
Bought a new one and in the process of taking the old one out I discovered exactly why. The very end of each of the top tubes underneath (about where the springs inside are) were slightly caved in. So the smaller that slides inside of those at the top has trouble going all the way because of the indentation.
Because of the design, this is EXTREMELY easy to happen.
All it takes is one time from one person. Here’s how.
If you do not slide the ladder 100% ALL the way out before someone steps on it, even by just a tiny bit, which is easy in the water when it floats a little first… you will damage it. It puts all of the weight on the top hollow tube against the cross bar and since it doesn’t hit flat - it can dent the hollow tube. All it takes is once with the right weight person. My ladder was completely fine one day and it wasn’t the next day. That’s what happened.
See the pics. This is sooo easy to happen!
My only advice is to, as the captain, just be responsible for putting the ladder in and out for people. You can’t expect your passengers to always do it 100% of the way before stepping on it and if they don’t just once - you’ll need a new ladder.
