Trailer Ramps ............

CompactTractorFan · Jul 29, 2012

bcp said:
Wood ramps make better movies:

As soon as I saw a video posted in this thread, I knew it was going to be good! :laughing:

amelia12 · Jul 30, 2012

This ramp works great. It's lightweight and folds into a compact unit that fits nicely.Comes with safety straps so it doesn't kick off the tailgate. For the money this is a sweet deal!

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Barthbill · Jul 30, 2012

I clicked on the link and didn't see any ramp. Nor could clicking around the page show me one.

BTW, I see both you and the trailer company are in Savannah. Is there any connection?

Soundguy · Jul 30, 2012

my experience with wood ramps come from a few experiences actually using them to load a tractor onto a lowboy trailer a few times. 100% of the time the would split dumping the tractor and operator quickly to the side.. made for bad memories...

everyone is gree to choose their own destiny however.. mine just won't involve a wood ramp accident (again).

soundguy

MESSMAKER · Jul 30, 2012

Soundguy said:
my experience with wood ramps come from a few experiences actually using them to load a tractor onto a lowboy trailer a few times. 100% of the time the would split dumping the tractor and operator quickly to the side.. made for bad memories...

everyone is gree to choose their own destiny however.. mine just won't involve a wood ramp accident (again).

soundguy

I feel your pain, but there is a huge difference between nailed up 2x4s and a piece of white oak that is 3" thick. The only trouble is that a 3x13 seven feet long would weigh a BUNCH.

Soundguy · Jul 31, 2012

MESSMAKER said:
I feel your pain, but there is a huge difference between nailed up 2x4s and a piece of white oak that is 3" thick. The only trouble is that a 3x13 seven feet long would weigh a BUNCH.

i agree... and I wasn't using nailed up 2x4. ( i think that was someone else's post that mentioned that? ). I was using rough cut dimensional lumber at least one of the times, and 'regular' lumber the others. by the time you get a safe enough wood ramp .. at least one safe enough that I would use.. it would be cheaper, lighter, and smaller to have a steel one.

( for me anyway! )

MESSMAKER · Jul 31, 2012

Soundguy said:
i agree... and I wasn't using nailed up 2x4. ( i think that was someone else's post that mentioned that? ). I was using rough cut dimensional lumber at least one of the times, and 'regular' lumber the others. by the time you get a safe enough wood ramp .. at least one safe enough that I would use.. it would be cheaper, lighter, and smaller to have a steel one. ( for me anyway! )

I agree. You don't pick up a timber like that at Lowe's or The BORG.

Barthbill · Jul 31, 2012

CompactTractorFan said:
As soon as I saw a video posted in this thread, I knew it was going to be good! :laughing:

All I get is a blank white space right underneath the "Wood ramps make better movies" if I use Firefox. OK in other browsers.

Any helpful hints?

bcp · Jul 31, 2012

Works in my Firefox.

Here is a URL link to the same movie, instead of the embedded link:

How to load a Kubota tractor on a trailer!!! Episode 2 - YouTube

Bruce

Barthbill · Jul 31, 2012

Thank you, Bruce

Your link gets me the Facebook page, with the same movie. However, when I click on the "Play" arrow in the center, it says "And Error Has Occurred".

Also, when I try to read the local newspaper page at The Daily Courier iMag - Developed by [url]www.3DIssue.com. ? Trinity Innovations LTD 2008. All rights reserved.[/url], the image does not appear at the right, as it does on other browsers (and used to on Firefox).

Perhaps, being a computer klutz (as well as a tractor newbie), I should be on a computer help forum rather than a tractor help forum.