Get rid of the flimsy step stool you bought to help passengers get on your aircraft. How do you determine if the step stool you bought will be heavy duty enough for even the biggest passenger getting on or off your airplane? Large passengers are always grateful when they feel secure stepping off your aircraft. Giving them a super heavy duty step stool will make them safe. They have enough to worry about these days while traveling.

First, don’t go to Wal-Mart, Target or Home depot to buy a step stool. The step stools they sell are just plain cheap and won’t hold a lot of weight.

Very important: Next thing to do is look for a load rating on the step stool of 500 pounds. If the step stool you are looking at doesn’t have a load rating permanently attached to itself, it won’t hold a lot of weight. Period.


Don’t waste your time looking at step stools that have legs… Step stools that have legs cannot hold a lot of weight! Legs are dangerous because they will become bent, loose or make the step wobbly. Folding legs on a step stool are the first part to wear out. Legs will make the step stool unsafe for passenger use.

The other problem with legs on a step stool is that the bottom of the legs are used for the non-slip pads (if the step even has non-slip pads). The step stool usually has a rubber cap covering the tip of its metal legs, when the rubber wears through; the metal leg now slides on slick or wet surfaces.

Look for a step stool with a solid design using a perimeter edge for the step stool to set on. Make sure the perimeter walls that support the step are at an angle, putting the weight of the person stepping on it, over the center of the step. This type of design also keeps the step stool from tipping over.


Do a Google search for safe step stool, aircraft step stool or heavy duty step stool to get a better idea of the best heavy duty step stools for aircraft passenger use.

Why would you want your licensed, trained A&P mechanic working from a folding step stool or even worse a cheap plastic step stool bought at Wal-Mart. Truth is . . . there’s a big difference between a cheap step stool bought at your local discount store and a heavy duty A&P mechanics step stool designed to last. Trying to keep you’re A&P mechanics safe when working on aircraft can be almost impossible, or difficult to say the least. Step stools used for aircraft maintenance should be tough enough to withstand rough service and NOT crack or break the first time a tug bumps against it. The A&P mechanics step stool should also have large rubber pads on the bottom to prevent sliding on the smooth or epoxy floor of a hangar or scratching the paint on an aircraft if it is used on a wing or other painted surface on the plane. This step would have to withstand enormous weight, say 500 pounds or more and if the top surface had a non-slip surface, that would also help make the A&P mechanic’s job easier & safer.


There are a lot of step stool choices for A&P mechanics. You have to make sure that the steps used in and around the hangar are safe to use and durable enough to last. There is a heavy duty; industrial strength step stool that makes sense, you should check out, it is called the Shure-Step safety step stool. The Shure-Steps are used by Boeing in their Washington State manufacturing plants, so you know they’re safe to use. There’s another safety minded company that has the Shure-Steps in every one of their training centers in North America you may have heard of….Ford.

Shure-Step is a stackable safety step rated at 500 pounds that has many uses; Seniors, bariatric patients, physical therapists, rehabilitation facilities, bus, train, aircraft and transportation drivers, warehouse workers, mechanics, and technicians, even children benefit from the stability and strength of the Shure-Step. Shure-Steps have a non-slip surface with height starting at 6 and 10 inches, and allows you to stack them to reach up to 16 to 22 inches high or more for a guaranteed safe reaching and stepping aid.


David C. DuPont had invented the safest Shurestep step stool not for his own gratification but specifically to help people prevent unwanted accident like he had before while using unsafe crate to stand on. That incident pushed David to create a more stable, sturdy and safest step stool anyone could use. So why don’t you do yourself a favor and head on over to their website to check them out at www.Shure-Step.com.

Here is an unsolicited testimonial from a happy customer.

Sirs,

I do not usually write to company praising them for their product but in your case I find it necessary. When my wife recently under hip surgery, I needed to find a way for her to be able to climb up into my 1/2 ton Dodge Ram. After much searching I ran into a video talking about your Shure-Step product and was impressed enough to order one. The wife is recovery nicely from her surgery but finds the step into the truck more than she is able to do at this time.

That's where the Shure-Step comes into play. It cuts the step up in half for her so that she can easily navigate from the step to sidebar and into the truck. Tonight, when we got back from the grocery store I was running around, getting the wife unloaded, and already thinking about wanting to get things put away and call it a night as I pulled the truck into the garage. The next thing I knew the back passenger side of the truck had raised up several inches.

It did not take long to figure out what had happened. In my haste, I had forgot to put the Shure-Step away. Walking to the back of the truck I found the 'before' photo attached to this email. The 20" inch back tire was completely off the ground and only supported by the Shure-Step.

At that point, wasn't much more to do other than drive off the step. While I was impressed with the Shure-Step's ability to support the weight of the truck, I was even more impressed with it once I had move the truck off of it. As you can see in the 'after' photo, no damage could be seen. If you look closely to the after photo, you can see where the anti-skid bolts you added to the Shure-Step for me had dug into the concrete enough to leave dust behind.

You have a solid product here and it is well worth the asking price even if it is a little under rated with its load baring abilities.

If you post, no names please. ( This is an unsolicited testimonial from a happy customer who doesn't want his name to be mention.)

David DuPont had been writing articles hoping to help people around with their needs regarding step stool. It has been a long challenge for him to create the safest step stool after he had his own experience of unwanted fall long time ago due to unsafe crate he was standing on while working on their shop as a mechanic. Many had already benefited from his invention and it's an overwhelming feeling to received this kind of email recently from a customer somewhere out there. And its worth letting the whole world to know how grateful and honored to be of help through Shurestep Step Stool.

Can you imagine your grandma or elder loved one dreaming of going on a once-in-a-lifetime destination and having trouble getting up to the first step on the airplane that would take them to their dream vacation? They might change their mind and not want to go; you know how stubborn and independent they can be. And did you know that the smaller regional airlines are flying as many scheduled flights per year as the major airlines right now? But, sadly, some of these aircraft are going to airports that are too small to have a jet bridge accommodate them, so the passengers board and disembark the airplane via a stairway that folds out when the main aircraft door is opened. On some of these airplanes the first step up from the ground to that stair is 12 inches or more depending on the load of the aircraft. Seniors and physically handicapped need a safe, sturdy step stool on the ground to help them up to that first stairway step on the planes door.

The physical shortcomings of a senior citizen should also be considered; Such as impaired visions. Thus, they need a step stool that is bright in color. A step stool with legs should be discouraged because they could accidentally put their foot under it and fall down. I'm sure no one would ever want this to happen to your beloved senior. Stable step stools with anti-slip steps are more likely our senior’s best friend in this situation.


Make sure that your aircraft step has at least a 500 pound load rating permanently attached to the step so there will never be any doubt if it is strong enough to hold even the largest passenger wanting to fly to their dream destination. If your aircraft step stool has legs, it probably isn’t load rated for enough weight because legs tend to get bent, then the step stool will become unstable or wobbly. If you are flying in the winter to destinations where ice tends to cover the Tarmac, be sure that you keep your aircraft step stool secure on the ground by installing ice cleats on the bottom of the step for the winter months.

David C. DuPont had invented the safest Shure-Step step stool not for his own gratification but specifically to help people prevent unwanted accidents like he had done while using an unsafe milk crate to stand on. That incident pushed David to create a more stable, sturdy and safe step stool that anyone could use. Shure-Step is a stackable safety step stool rated at 500 pounds that has many uses; Seniors, bariatric patients, physical therapists, rehabilitation facilities, bus, train, aircraft and transportation drivers, warehouse workers, mechanics, and technicians, even children benefit from the stability and strength of the Shure-Step. You can check it from here www.Shure-Step.com.

The need for a safe airline step stool has never been greater. Right now, we have more senior citizens and physically disabled people traveling on planes than ever before. And the smaller regional airlines are flying as many passengers per year as the major airlines. Some of these aircraft are too small for the jet bridge to accommodate, so the passengers board and disembark the airplane via a stairway that folds out when the main aircraft door is opened. On some of these airplanes the first step up from the ground to that stair is 12 inches or more. Seniors and physically handicapped need a safe, sturdy step on the ground to help them up to that first stairway step on the planes door.


Pilots and pilots-in-training only have a very small rung to step on when getting into and out of their small single engine aircraft. Using a 2 step stool with secure non-slip surfaces makes it so much safer and easier for them to do that. The step should be light enough to move easily and have a large surface area to stand on. It should also be a bright color so it is seen easily.


Also make sure that your aircraft step has at least a 500 pound load rating permanently attached to the step so there will never be any doubt if it is strong enough to hold even the largest person wanting to fly. If your aircraft step stool has legs, it probably isn’t load rated high enough because legs tend to get bent, then it will become unstable or wobbly. If you are flying in the winter where ice tends to cover the Tarmac, be sure that you keep your aircraft step secure on the ground by installing ice cleats on the bottom of the step for the winter months.


David C. DuPont had invented the safest step stool not for his own gratification but specifically to help people prevent unwanted accident like he had before while using unsafe crate to stand on. That incident pushed David to create a more stable, sturdy and safest step stool anyone could use. Together with this excellent invention, David offers a unique and great guarantee that no one could just ignore. Shurestep step stool has been trusted and respected by different award giving bodies and institution. It has been invented to help solve problems with safety as its main concern. You can check for yourself all the products on his site www.Shure-step.com. Enjoy your visit!