Trailers With Equipment/Landscape Gate

[CompactTractorFan]

UPDATE: I found out recently Big Tex does offer a "Heavy Duty Ramp Gate" on their 10PI, 12PI, and 14PI trailers. Here is an example of a trailer outfitted with one:

Big Tex 10PI

 

[newt92]

Back in December I bought a 2006 24' Titan gooseneck car hauler. This spring I built a 5' split gate for it.

Gate is 2" tubing 3/16ths, and 2X3 angle 1/4". Has double pivoting hinges, and helper springs. Gate folds over and sits on the deck or I can stand it up. Have 3 sets of bars for different angles.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Nice job. Like how it folds low and like you said, with your 3 different sets of bars you can do what is needed for the load.

Chris

 

[tommu56]

I like how it looks too

brainstorm what about one set of bars and extra pins to hold the different angles

tom

 

[newt92]

I like how it looks too

brainstorm what about one set of bars and extra pins to hold the different angles

tom

Done that on my last Gooseneck. Weakens the bar when you add holes halfway down. Bars were 5' long.

 

[crazyal]

Back in December I bought a 2006 24' Titan gooseneck car hauler. This spring I built a 5' split gate for it.

Gate is 2" tubing 3/16ths, and 2X3 angle 1/4". Has double pivoting hinges, and helper springs. Gate folds over and sits on the deck or I can stand it up. Have 3 sets of bars for different angles.

That's similar to how my equipment trailer is set up. The differences are mine does not have the leg that the spring (or springs for that matter) in between the two pins. Instead it has a leg that goes all the way to the ground to support the trailer when equipment is loaded. Because it's a beaver tail when the ramps are flipped up the leg stands up so it's a little lower than the deck so you could make a removable deck section so once loaded you could have a flat deck. The ramps are much narrower than yours but the pin on the trailer goes almost half the length of the trailer so you can slide the ramps in and out to adjust to the width needed.

 

[newt92]

That's similar to how my equipment trailer is set up. The differences are mine does not have the leg that the spring (or springs for that matter) in between the two pins. Instead it has a leg that goes all the way to the ground to support the trailer when equipment is loaded. Because it's a beaver tail when the ramps are flipped up the leg stands up so it's a little lower than the deck so you could make a removable deck section so once loaded you could have a flat deck. The ramps are much narrower than yours but the pin on the trailer goes almost half the length of the trailer so you can slide the ramps in and out to adjust to the width needed.

Usually these types of trailers have the legs your talking about, and are adjustable. Also they usually they have the springs too. I designed and built this gate for what I haul, equipment in my sig. and sometimes loading pick up trucks. Cars I have some 10' ramps I use due to the steepness of the gate and the fact cars sit so low anymore.

 

[tommu56]

Done that on my last Gooseneck. Weakens the bar when you add holes halfway down. Bars were 5' long.

That is why I said extra pins on the trailer or ramps!