DUAL PURPOSE TRACTOR LOADING RAMPS

[Frank S]

I made these ramps for loading my small John Deere tractor on my tip trailer. When midmount mower was connected, I needed to raise trailer about one foot so that the mower deck could clear the trailer end. To make this easier I truncated the top of the Expanded Mesh ramps using flat mild steel plate and welded some rod to bridge the gap to the EM. I also added a tractor pin to the plate to locate the ramps in correct position with holes in back of trailer. For uneven ground I added a hole on opposite side of the plate which a bolt would pass through it and trailer preventing tipping of ramps and tractor. length = 2.25Metres; width 300mm.

I was amazed when a manual arts teacher arrived to purchase a 'Gumtree ad' item & commented on the "great idea" of servicing my old vehicle on the ramps at the front of the carport. I decided to post this, despite it being obvious (to me) to use them that way. Plz don't shoot me for that.

You mean using trailer ramps for something like this?



How else are you going to get under something that sits 6 inches off the ground when the air suspension is in the at rest position? You don't dare crawl under one of these when the suspension is inflated to do any work as removing a single air line will get you crushed there is plenty of room to sit up under the front end once you get under there it is just getting there in the first place
Yeah I like your duel use of your ramps