Brian james assitor ramps ??
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on teh phone to BJ - they reckon the long (4.5Ft) assistor ramps are what i'd need... the assistor from what i could gather are designed for the tilt bed trailers - and fit into teh necessary slots and do away with the small angle/ramp on the leading edge of my trailer
he is hopefully sending pics through to see what they look like..
he is hopefully sending pics through to see what they look like..
SportsLibre said:
my custom built trailer, only prob is leading edge of ramp. The combination of the door plus ramp is equivalent to a very long ramp!
Nice job: I can see now why Gixer's problems seem somewhat inexplicable to you. BTW, BJ's ramps have a longish alloy ramp piece to ease that leading edge. Your pic seems to confirm to me that 'the longer the ramp the better' is indeed a trueism...............sorry guys, I know we've been told/whispered the contrary for years, but for once, length really does matter!!!!!Edited by SportsLibre on Friday 30th January 18:08
ended up getting a local machine shop to make up 8ft long ramps, with leading edge at both ends to help...
can now get the car on/off without even using the tilt bed !!
I'd say you probably could get away with 4-5ft, but with plenty of room to store under the car i didn;t want to mess about...
cam now get the car in/out of the trailer myself quite easily
can now get the car on/off without even using the tilt bed !!
I'd say you probably could get away with 4-5ft, but with plenty of room to store under the car i didn;t want to mess about...
cam now get the car in/out of the trailer myself quite easily
Hi
I am interested in this topic as I have a similar problem.
I have a Speads RS08 and always have a problem loading it myself.
The trailer is a Brian James Sprint Shuttle with a double axle but no tilt bed.
My problem is that as I load, despite winding the jockey wheel to the highest point, the centre of the cat bottoms out on the door end of the trailer. It slides up the ramps really well but as it goes into the opening it sticks.
Anyone any ideas?
I had thought of buying the OZ made Trail-a-Mate but I cannot get hold of one apart from shipping it from OZ which is pretty expensive.
Thanks for any input.
Paul
I am interested in this topic as I have a similar problem.
I have a Speads RS08 and always have a problem loading it myself.
The trailer is a Brian James Sprint Shuttle with a double axle but no tilt bed.
My problem is that as I load, despite winding the jockey wheel to the highest point, the centre of the cat bottoms out on the door end of the trailer. It slides up the ramps really well but as it goes into the opening it sticks.
Anyone any ideas?
I had thought of buying the OZ made Trail-a-Mate but I cannot get hold of one apart from shipping it from OZ which is pretty expensive.
Thanks for any input.
Paul
I have a beavertail trailer with a 2 meter drop down ramp that rests 200mm off the ground when open.
I extend that by another 2 meters with modified scaffold planks and I use 1 meter planks of 12mm phenolic plywood to ease the car onto the planks.Sometimes the splitter touches but it simply slides with the ply as skids for a few seconds rather than getting gravel rash.
Once on, I move the planks so they go under the back wheels and that gets it off the ground enough so it doesnt ground on the hump of the beavertail.
It is a bit of a jiggle but with a few planks from 50mm to 12mm as spacers I always seem to manage it pretty quick on my own mostly without grounding.
50mm splitter height by the way.
I extend that by another 2 meters with modified scaffold planks and I use 1 meter planks of 12mm phenolic plywood to ease the car onto the planks.Sometimes the splitter touches but it simply slides with the ply as skids for a few seconds rather than getting gravel rash.
Once on, I move the planks so they go under the back wheels and that gets it off the ground enough so it doesnt ground on the hump of the beavertail.
It is a bit of a jiggle but with a few planks from 50mm to 12mm as spacers I always seem to manage it pretty quick on my own mostly without grounding.
50mm splitter height by the way.
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