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63owner
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Posted: 15 Mar. 2014 at 12:38am |
I've finally picked up a tandem trailer to haul my 3B and 2a to destinations that are further than I feel confident driving them or flat towing them. Unfortunately, it did not come with ramps.
I plan to ask for some heavy duty ramps for a birthday present in a couple of months. In the meantime though, I have a set of 2 by 12s with the aluminum ends that I've used for loading ATVs. The aluminum ends are rated at 750 pounds each. Any opinions on whether or not these could be used to safely load them?
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samcj2a
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I think that the ramps would be marginal at best. My guess is that the front end of these older Jeeps is close to the rated limit of those ramp ends, and the left side has more than half the weight. I have no idea how sturdy the 2 x 12s are.
When you do buy commercial ramps for the trailer, I recommend aluminum ramps because heavy steel ramps will get to be a drag lifting and stowing them. Edited by samcj2a - 15 Mar. 2014 at 12:54am |
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63owner
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The set I'm looking at are aluminum and rated at 2500 pounds per axle. I think they only weigh about 18 pounds each.
I'm just considering what I could make work until the first of July, but don't want to tear anything up should a ramp fail.
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willys54wagon
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I screwed 2x3 to the bottom of the 2x12 for "bridging" and use them with confidence, didn't see much flex on them. Mine are 8 foot long. get good 2x12 with no knots. saw a nice set of alum ramps at the rental place but when I inquired to price the stiffy went away............ |
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Rus Curtis
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My flatbed has boards as a floor. There is some bracing underneath so I suspect that adding bracing, as mentioned, would make the 2 x 12's very doable.
My trailer also came with the heavy steel ramps. Inverted and placed crossways on the floor in front of the tires just before the jeep is in place (roll over the ramps into position) create nice wheel chocks that work well with the tiedown straps.
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