Ramps

albertaduke said:
I load her up on my truck had a ramp made up in two parts steel tubing and grate 8 feet long with a 36 inches wide stance total cost $400 solid as a rock BTW I load her up with a small winch,mounted on the front of the box using bike power looks good on video but not recommended in real life so have a welder do yours steel is cheap
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Sure do like the yellow, Patrick. :thumbsup:
 
albertaduke said:
the up/down switch is a narrow handle ( the wire is long enough to make it to the bike handle .
when I start to move up I hold both handlebar and switch handle in the left hand the thumb on the actual up/down switch as I pedal up the ramp under the winch power so far I have found this to be perfectly safe unlike powering up the ramp with the bike motor I also have a strip of sanding belt glued to a strip of plywood centered on the two piece ramp wide enough for the tires just in case,
if I hit the brake I won't slide down, you never know if sh**t hits the fan !! this way I can release and reverse the winch and control the return with the bike;s brake.
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Excellent, thanks. I ended up with THESE ramps. Tried them out on the weekend and they seem like they'll do the job. I'm with you on riding up the ramps. It looks cool on YouTube but I'm not near confident enough to do it. I rode up and down, twice, on the weekend (to set up the chock) and that'll do for me. I couldn't help wondering, as I got up on the trailer, what would happen if I dropped the clutch right now :eek: I already bought a winch but haven't installed it yet. The cable on mine is too short so that will require so work but that's no big deal.
These ramps allow for a piece of plywood to be installed on the outer ramps which will be handy for walking up. I plan on using grip strips on these too.
 
jthree said:
Excellent, thanks. I ended up with THESE ramps. Tried them out on the weekend and they seem like they'll do the job. I'm with you on riding up the ramps. It looks cool on YouTube but I'm not near confident enough to do it. I rode up and down, twice, on the weekend (to set up the chock) and that'll do for me. I couldn't help wondering, as I got up on the trailer, what would happen if I dropped the clutch right now :eek: I already bought a winch but haven't installed it yet. The cable on mine is too short so that will require so work but that's no big deal.
These ramps allow for a piece of plywood to be installed on the outer ramps which will be handy for walking up. I plan on using grip strips on these too.
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that ramp you got would be too short for a truck loading( the angle between truck bed and trailer would let the bottom pan scrap the edge of the ramp but for a trailer it is perfect
 
Agreed, especially the 2012 F150 I have. It's crazy high. These are a good length for the trailer which, as you say, is fairly low.

Thanks for you input
 
I like the look of that but it's a little more $ than the one I ended up with. The low CND$ is killing us guys up here :) That's over $500 in our money
 
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