Anyone have any creative ideas or pictures of their own projects? Want to build a ramp that goes from my trailer to the bed of my truck. possibly a salt shield that would fold down into ramp. or fold up from trailer deck. (2 place 8x10 rectangular trailer) I'm a damn good welder just lacking the creativity tonight I guess. I have a lot of materials laying around so I'm not interested in buying a special tailgate or anything. I want to get to work as soon as the trails close. any ideas/pictures would help alot. Thanks
Help with ramp ideas.
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How are you intending to use the ramp?
How is the front of the trailer set up right now? Does it have a shield, or ride off ramps?
How is the front of the trailer set up right now? Does it have a shield, or ride off ramps?
I have a long skinny driveway that goes by my house back to my garage where i keep the sleds. the trailer is true rectangle shape with no shield. it takes up the whole driveway width. so I back the trailer in and bak the sleds off into the garage after riding. I want to be able to drive out of the garage load one sled through the middle of the tilted trailer straight into the bed of my truck then drive two more on to the trailer quickly and efficiently. A salt shield would be nice if it folded down to the tailgate.the trailer tongue is a bit long. but I could cut it back a bit. so that doesn't really matter. So the ramp would strictly be just to load into the truck from trailer. I don't feel like unhitching, dumping the jack and loading with the trailer on the tailgate all the time. thanks
I like your idea I have been thinking of doing something similar. The problem I have run into with using the salt shield for a ramp is that with the truck hooked up to the trailer and a hinged shalt shield-ramp the ramp would be very hard to close with the track sitting on it by myself trying to lift the sled and close the ramp. Maybe a removable center salt shield - ramp 3 peice salt shield? Solid sides removable center still working on it. Let me know what you come up with!
I hope my rambling thinking helps.
I hope my rambling thinking helps.
I bought a Bi-fold aluminum ramp. Just use it to go between the trailer and the pickup.
It's easy to do by yourself and if your'e just taking one sled (i.e. early/late season) you can leave the trailer at home...
It's easy to do by yourself and if your'e just taking one sled (i.e. early/late season) you can leave the trailer at home...
When I got my new truck with the nice spray in bed liner I wanted to keep it looking good so I built a little wooden sub floor to use when hauling three sleds. It's a few 2x2's with plywood on top. I bolted a piece of angle iron on the back similar to the back of our 2-place trailer. We use the ramp for the trailer to go from the trailer to the bed. The only draw back is we have to ride onto the trailer, then move the ramp and ride into the truck. But it works slick. The plywood contraption is 10 feet long and protects the tailgate too. The angle iron is sweet 'cuz it keeps the ramp in place.
I ride from my 2 place to the bed and it is very easy. Originally I used a couple TRi fold atv ramps which worked but wasn't as easy as it could be. Since then I bought a sled deck and I still go from the trailer to it using the deck ramp. I would say something like that would work well. Shorter of course. Could be done with wood framing as well, parallel boards with cross framing..
The OP probably figured something out already, but a post above mentioned a removable center section of the ramp. I was thinking just notch the ramp center back about 6" relative to the outer edges of the ramp, so the ramp extends to the tailgate only at ski width but comes up short where the track rides. Then when you go to flip the ramp up, the notch enables the track/tunnel to fit between the outside edges that the skis slid up. The track will easily bridge a large "gap" from end of ramp to start of tailgate so loading should not be affected. The notch depth may need to be tweaked a bit for this to work. If it was designed around a 15_" track sled, switching to a longer sled may be problematic if the notch-track clearance upon ramp lift is made too tight.
Assuming a tilt bed trailer used in the tilted position, with tailgate down.........
Use 3 small wood ramps between trailer and tailgate. Also, a piece of 2x4 from the ground to the front edge of trailer to hold it up while loading.
2x8" pieces for the skis and a 2x10 for track.
On all pieces, on the bottom side, screw a 2x4 near each end, perpendicular, to keep the board from sliding up or down. This piece butts against the tailgate and trailer.
On the 2 outside pieces, screw a section of old plastic bedliner onto them to give a good sliding surface, or you can screw a few pcs of 1 1/2 pvc pipe on each edge to get the wear bars off the wood. On the center piece, I'd screw some old pieces of drivebelt onto it for traction.
It might also make it easier on the tailgate end of the ramp to buy some ramp ends which will enable that end to be more flush with the tailgate and will make unloading easier.
Use 3 small wood ramps between trailer and tailgate. Also, a piece of 2x4 from the ground to the front edge of trailer to hold it up while loading.
2x8" pieces for the skis and a 2x10 for track.
On all pieces, on the bottom side, screw a 2x4 near each end, perpendicular, to keep the board from sliding up or down. This piece butts against the tailgate and trailer.
On the 2 outside pieces, screw a section of old plastic bedliner onto them to give a good sliding surface, or you can screw a few pcs of 1 1/2 pvc pipe on each edge to get the wear bars off the wood. On the center piece, I'd screw some old pieces of drivebelt onto it for traction.
It might also make it easier on the tailgate end of the ramp to buy some ramp ends which will enable that end to be more flush with the tailgate and will make unloading easier.
thanks?
thanks for all the responses guys. never got around to the project last season. GoingBoarding might have been the only one that actually read my post, but whatever. Going to do something like what you said. thanks Guy. just actually rewelded every weld on the trailer today. my Buddy blew the welds out the deck when he was moose hunting up north last week. repositioned the axle as well. (who knows who built this thing.) I'll post a photo when I'm done. then I'll probably back the thing off a bridge at the end of winter and buy an enclosed trailer.
thanks for all the responses guys. never got around to the project last season. GoingBoarding might have been the only one that actually read my post, but whatever. Going to do something like what you said. thanks Guy. just actually rewelded every weld on the trailer today. my Buddy blew the welds out the deck when he was moose hunting up north last week. repositioned the axle as well. (who knows who built this thing.) I'll post a photo when I'm done. then I'll probably back the thing off a bridge at the end of winter and buy an enclosed trailer.
