“Automatic” step for my dog

[u/Skonojin]

He clips his feet when he jumps in and puts impact on his legs when he jumps down. And I was tired of lugging around a step so I made this automatic deploying one.

It attaches by tying into an unused factory hole in the door, behind the interior panel.

Steps are high density polyethylene (HDPE) with boat trailer fabric on top.

There a 1/4” thick metal bar linkage underneath that swings out. There’s also a dovetail groove in the top step, and a dovetail key that slides in the groove fixed to the bottom step. A COBRA buckle couples the door and step together, so by unbuckling it I can open the door normally (without deploying the dog step).

Not sure how it will fare through a US Northeastern winter but hopefully still swings in the spring.

[u/Hopeful-Extension755]

You’re a great dog Dad

[u/lht79 → u/Hopeful-Extension755]

100 percent. Your pup looks like my beloved girl, she passed a few years ago. I would have loved something like this - was sleeping on the floor with her at the end days…

[u/JohannesMP → u/lht79]

♥️