Trailer ramp cable lift - video

**Jon** · Jan 26, 2022, 04:25 PM

Trailer ramp cable lift. By Kevin Robinson. 8:33 video:

**Frank S** · Jan 26, 2022, 05:59 PM

Using the winch to raise the ramps is good but if he would cut off that extra hog iron off the backs of the ramp's chances are the springs would offer enough assistance to be able to raise them by hand.
I also didn't see any evidence of there ever having been a single chain to secure the load on the trailer.
I was given a Kubota KH 190 excavator because the guy's driver didn't bother to chain the machine down.
He said I'm only going a half mile when I asked him about chaining it down. The old gentleman who owned it is a close personal friend of mine, who I have been welding and repairing his equipment since 1980. Gave me the excavator after it fell off the trailer and broke the final drive on 1 side. He said I deserved to have it to cut up for scrap or do anything I wanted to with it because in his mind it was too old and wore out to be worth repairing. He had also given me my Ford 750 Backhoe and my schramm pneumatractor

**WmRMeyers** · Jan 26, 2022, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

Using the winch to raise the ramps is good but if he would cut off that extra hog iron off the backs of the ramp's chances are the springs would offer enough assistance to be able to raise them by hand.
I also didn't see any evidence of there ever having been a single chain to secure the load on the trailer.
I was given a Kubota KH 190 excavator because the guy's driver didn't bother to chain the machine down.
He said I'm only going a half mile when I asked him about chaining it down. The old gentleman who owned it is a close personal friend of mine, who I have been welding and repairing his equipment since 1980. Gave me the excavator after it fell off the trailer and broke the final drive on 1 side. He said I deserved to have it to cut up for scrap or do anything I wanted to with it because in his mind it was too old and wore out to be worth repairing. He had also given me my Ford 750 Backhoe and my schramm pneumatractor

Somehow I think we're going to be seeing repair videos coming up.

**Frank S** · Jan 26, 2022, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by WmRMeyers

Somehow I think we're going to be seeing repair videos coming up.

Only if Steven Spielberg gets bored. For almost everything I do it requires both hands and tripods don't move around on their own.

**WmRMeyers** · Jan 26, 2022, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

Only if Steven Spielberg gets bored. For almost everything I do it requires both hands and tripods don't move around on their own.

Well, there is that, but you don't deny that you plan on fixing it, right? You could get a Go-Pro or similar camera and wear it on your cap...

Probably not worth your effort, though.

Bill

**Frank S** · Jan 26, 2022, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by WmRMeyers

Well, there is that, but you don't deny that you plan on fixing it, right? You could get a Go-Pro or similar camera and wear it on your cap...

Probably not worth your effort, though.

Bill

A couple months ago I decided it had been sitting out in front of the shop for long enough. say it has been there about 5 years now long before the shop was started.
On of the first things I did after I got my 22,000 lb forklift home was to pick up the excavator and carry it into the shop and put it on blocks, with the busted drive side facing out have easy access. I have repaired the leak in the hydraulic tank and bought a new suction hose for it. Hard to believe an 18" long piece of molded hose could cost $400,00 but that is Kubota for you

**WmRMeyers** · Jan 26, 2022, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

A couple months ago I decided it had been sitting out in front of the shop for long enough. say it has been there about 5 years now long before the shop was started.
On of the first things I did after I got my 22,000 lb forklift home was to pick up the excavator and carry it into the shop and put it on blocks, with the busted drive side facing out have easy access. I have repaired the leak in the hydraulic tank and bought a new suction hose for it. Hard to believe an 18" long piece of molded hose could cost $400,00 but that is Kubota for you

Hmmm. Here in OKC we have a place that can make just about any hose you need. Midwest Hose. I couldn't swear it wouldn't be at least $400, but they made some for my former employer that were a about a quarter of that. They weren't hard lines, so that might make a difference.

I still can't understand how a guy could just decide that a half-mile wasn't a long enough distance to tie something that heavy down. Would have been a serious problem to him if it fell off the trailer and onto someone else's car, for example.

**Frank S** · Jan 26, 2022, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by WmRMeyers

Hmmm. Here in OKC we have a place that can make just about any hose you need. Midwest Hose. I couldn't swear it wouldn't be at least $400, but they made some for my former employer that were a about a quarter of that. They weren't hard lines, so that might make a difference.

I still can't understand how a guy could just decide that a half-mile wasn't a long enough distance to tie something that heavy down. Would have been a serious problem to him if it fell off the trailer and onto someone else's car, for example.

The hose has 90mm ID on 1 end and 85mm on the other 1 90° bend and 1 15° bend 3 layers of nylon braid then had to be warmed in boiling water for 20 minutes to be able to push the ends over the nipples then clamped on. I came very close to just making a steel tube then using short pieces of hose for the connections but with the limited access to the area without having to pull the engine it was cheaper to just buy the hose and be done with it the clamps were $35.00 each

**WmRMeyers** · Jan 27, 2022, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Frank S

The hose has 90mm ID on 1 end and 85mm on the other 1 90° bend and 1 15° bend 3 layers of nylon braid then had to be warmed in boiling water for 20 minutes to be able to push the ends over the nipples then clamped on. I came very close to just making a steel tube then using short pieces of hose for the connections but with the limited access to the area without having to pull the engine it was cheaper to just buy the hose and be done with it the clamps were $35.00 each

Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and reach for the wallet. I hate it when that happens, but sometimes it's also a great deal cheaper in the long run.

Bill

**Toolmaker51** · Jan 30, 2022, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

A couple months ago I decided it had been sitting out in front of the shop for long enough. say it has been there about 5 years now long before the shop was started.
On of the first things I did after I got my 22,000 lb forklift home was to pick up the excavator and carry it into the shop and put it on blocks, with the busted drive side facing out have easy access. I have repaired the leak in the hydraulic tank and bought a new suction hose for it. Hard to believe an 18" long piece of molded hose could cost $400,00 but that is Kubota for you

Harder yet believing wiring harness for WALTCO Twin Pump Rail Lift Gate totaled nearly $600.00. Build my own? Well, for whatever reason there is a backlog of compatible Weather Pack connectors, doubling the rework needed. And push button switch covers? Only the short ones, ok for SPST, not momentary (longer projection and travel).

The block and supply chain issues affect production for individuals & some companies; meanwhile rate of people attaining millionaire status is more rapid than ever. Hmmm,