12-31-2010, 09:00 PM
The ladders are removable. If I remember correctly, when I was up at Barstow working on the new style Carrier trailer units that were on the same rip tracks with the older electric reefers, the ladders had pins with cotter keys locking them in place. Before starting to work on the generators, the mechanics would cut the cotter keys, pull the pins, and set the ladders out of the way. There was also a bolt that dropped through the slider on the gen set and screwed into the slider base on the car to lock the gen set in place.