Thank you for making this video! I'm doing this right now to my trailer and i've found a few shitty photos online but no one has a detailed write up about thickness of materials or a few of the finer details i was trying to figure out on my own. The last piece was figuring out what size strap to use for the support member. I actually like your idea of using 1.5" angle better so now i'm ready to head to the metal shop! thanks again, good video.
thanks for your feedback! BTW since this video I had to weld in a 1/2 inch flat piece along the length of the inside of the 1.5 inch c channel as a "rib" because the c channel bent a couple times.
I wouldve just ran the brace from that rear stake pocket to the ramp. Shorter support needed and maybe cleaner looking. Definitely overbuilt but watever. I enjoy diy projects👍🏼
Nice work... I like your design for the ramps. I am looking to do something similar and usually over build too. The only thing i may do differently is add some lateral braces so that when i load something the weight doesn't lift the hitch and my truck along with it. Can you tell me where you purchased the pins with the holes that you used with your lynch pins?
Tractor supply, they are just a category 1 (or 2?) tractor pin that I cut one end off of. Also, I put stabilizing jacks on this trailer in "trailer project Part 4: trailer jacks" I love them, they work really well, and I did those for the same reason you want to. If you video your build I would like to see it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p3bAUiHWRhY.html
Thanks for asking this question, no I don't hot shot, actually I only roll a load onto this about a half dozen times a year. But so far they have worked fine, the only issue I had was the cross pin locks bent very quickly, I ended up cutting them off, and just welding a plate on the end of the round stock, so now the ramps are permanent, which is a bummer because I was hoping to be able to take them off easily and store them under the trailer. Thanks for watching and for your comments 👍
The one thing that has me stumped is why you placed the angle iron with the angle down instead of up? You lose the majority of the strength of the angle iron doing it the way you did it. Had you turned it over, the strength would be over triple what it is the way you did it and the traction would be better for the vehicle you're loading. Additionally, now you have a dirt and mud catcher inside each angle bar.
Very good points! But that's how the ramps came, I did not make them that way. And I could flip them over, but they are beveled already on the ends. Thanks for your feedback, good things to keep in mind
My ramps are identical and I bought the trailer that way. My problem is the ramps are very heavy and I have a bad back. Im looking for some type of hydraulics to lower ramps. Any ideas?
I feel you! My back is bad as well and I am done with bending over and lifting things off the ground, so I get what you are saying! So I was mulling over a hand winch with a strap (instead of a cable style), but I would have to fab a mount so they would be high enough off the deck to actually lift the ramp...prob not the easiest thing for a flatbed trailer (with no rails on the sides to mount anything to). Also the "Gorilla Lift 2 Sided Tailgate Utility Trailer Gate & Ramp Lift Assist System" would work great but I think it needs a long rail above the deck to attach it to (these are about 150 bucks, supposedly lift 300 lbs). Either of these ideas would also require a solid "stop" so as the ramps get to vertical they stop, and don't flop forward and damage the cargo in the trailer. Sorry I don't have any really good ideas for a flatbed, please let me know if you find a solution
also the "crazy boy tailgate lift" comes with brackets that would elevate the spring above the deck...Gorrilla lift also makes a trailer tailgate "handle" so you can lift it manually from standing height (instead of bent over)
@@anesthesiadreamin Thank you. I just found the gorilla lift system online at Amazon. My back rail on both side angles down to the bed the last two feet so that might be a problem to. Will look into Crazy Boy to. Again Thanks
