deck and ramp pictures??!!

[daveb26]

I am in the process of building a new sled deck for my 2000 F350 crew shortbox, does anyone on here have a good picture of their sliding/extending ramps i built the deck to sit as low and close to the bed rails as i could to eliminate extra hiegt and lower overall CG bet i am not sure of what i will do about an extending ramp i believe the available space is around 6.5 feet inside the tailgate and that would not be anywhere close to long enough of a ramp to get up on the deck.
if anyone has a good picture they could post and info what works good and not so good it would be great to see .
thanks!

 

[Coldfinger]

No pics but thinking about this for a while now, whether to build my own or not.

I figured, for my simple mind, a 2 piece ramp. One section 5' long and the other 6'. The edges 1.5" sq tube 14 gauge and the crossbars/traction bars 1"sq 14ga.

The 5' section would connect to 6' section via 2ea 1.25sq 14ga x 1' connecting pieces which slide into the ramp sections. These pieces could be permanently attached to the 5' section or bolted. When sections are slid together, bolt each side of the 6' section to the connectors.

I think this would be sturdy enough to support the weight of the sled & rider but let's hear what everyone thinks.

Store each ramp below the deck on its own 1.5" angle iron which would be fixed to the frame legs.

 

[daveb26]

My deck is almost done and i intended to make it work for any current model shortbox so i made the legs and framework just high enough to clear the ford super duty bed, my thought was to keep as low as i could for CG and safety of loading the trade off is a more complex ramp system but i hope it will be worth the effort. I really like the decks from toyup but the ramp and deck are all above bed rail hight and that is what i was trying to avoid. i thought about some type of folding ramp but thatseemed like a pain to mess with and harder to stow away under the deck. also i need to have a 10-11 foot ramp and the ones ive seen stick way past the end of the deck if they are one piece so that isnt going to work. the really high end ones are using telescoping/extending ramps and they seem to work great just need to see one up close and hear what folks like or dislike(dont want to copy a mistake) HA HA

 

[daveb26]

My deck is almost done and i intended to make it work for any current model shortbox so i made the legs and framework just high enough to clear the ford super duty bed, my thought was to keep as low as i could for CG and safety of loading the trade off is a more complex ramp system but i hope it will be worth the effort. I really like the decks from toyup but the ramp and deck are all above bed rail hight and that is what i was trying to avoid. i thought about some type of folding ramp but thatseemed like a pain to mess with and harder to stow away under the deck. also i need to have a 10-11 foot ramp and the ones ive seen stick way past the end of the deck if they are one piece so that isnt going to work. the really high end ones are using telescoping/extending ramps and they seem to work great just need to see one up close and hear what folks like or dislike(dont want to copy a mistake) HA HA