Is a Tilt Trailer the right way for me to go?

[Renze]

I converted my brothers cracked frame into a hydraulic tilt bed. Using it, i decided it wasnt for me because its always rattling and squeeking, i couldnt keep the deck tight on the V drawbar.

My own, i just lowered, put 195/50R13 low profile tires under it, and made a new V bar beginning at the first axle to gusset some stiffness in the whole trailer. Then had my neighbour saw some 12x 2 1/2 planks from Douglas fir, 8 feet long. Same weight as aluminium, yet a tenth of the price and no risk of getting stolen (which is a thing with aluminium ramps here)

With the 8 ft ramps and a deck height of 25 inch, the approach angle is small, and the center of gravity is low.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Then had my neighbour saw some 12x 2 1/2 planks from Douglas fir, 8 feet long. Same weight as aluminium, yet a tenth of the price and no risk of getting stolen (which is a thing with aluminium ramps here)

Either you must have the balsa version of Douglas fir, or your aluminum ramps are of the cast variety.

 

[Renze]

Either you must have the balsa version of Douglas fir, or your aluminum ramps are of the cast variety.

Well aluninium weighs 18kg for a 2 ton ramp. I have 25kg in wood and maybe 2kg in steel in them, so they are 1.5 times heavier. Still worth the saving in money for occasional use.