JimR
Elite Member
Has anyone built a ramp before? This project, if I decide do it, is too open up the back end of my barn with a set of double doors like the front of my barn. It will make life easier for getting in and out of the barn with my boat, tractor and whatever else I need to attach to the tractor like attachments. The main problem is my barn is about 8 feet off the ground in the rear. I could legally, with permits, fill this whole area in so that the barn was at ground level in the back. That would however leave the back stone wall in a position for shifting due to the ground freezing every year. I know it would take many years for that to happen. But I have already taken down and rebuilt two stone walls under the barn already. My question is. If I were to leave the land level as is. How long would the ramp need to be to get into a barn 8 feet off the ground so that I could clear the edge of the barn safely when driving in or pulling in a trailer or what not? Here's a picture of the back end of the barn. I'll get an accurate measurement tomorrow on the height. If someone has knowledge of these things I could use a few different figures for 6' and 4' heights as if I were to fill it in partially instead of all the way up. TIA, Jim