[Land-speed] trailer ramps

[Dick J]

Jim,

With ten foot ramps, I highly recommend some support about half way to keep
them from sagging too much and maybe breaking or bending on you.  Make
yourself a pair of prism-shaped wheel chocks at the same time.  Make them
about a foot high.  When you load and unload, put them under the center of the
ramps to act as supports. When you determine the location, weld or bolt a
small cross-brace at that point to keep the supports from trying to roll over.
  Once you are ready to unhitch the trailer, put them between the wheels to
function as chocks. 

DickJ
In East Texas

--- On Fri, 1/16/09, James Tone <gmc6power at earthlink.net> wrote:
From: James Tone <gmc6power at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] trailer ramps
To: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau at qnet.com>, "land Speed List"
<land-speed at autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 11:16 AM

Jim I found the best thing to use was metal scaffoldng "planks". They
are 8" to 12" wide and different lengths up to 10'. Some have slip
resistant coating or holes which help in keeping them light weight. I trimmed
an
angle where they met the ground with a cut off wheel and welded an steel
angle
at the trailer for attachment. I had straps under the trailer for storage but
they could be placed in many places on or under the trailer. My coupe and
roadster both weighed over 3000# so I'm sure they will handle what you need
without a lot of construction on your part.

>
>Hi all,
>     I am about to build some ramps for an open trailer. They need to be
ten
>feet long for a 2,000 lb max car. Any suggestions for light weight
>construction?
>Jim in Palmdale
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