Do you like slide under ramps?

[BandRRanch]

Yea timswi, they aren't cheap. But they will last thru your kid's kids, so it is in some form, a trade off. I have taken mine from the back back ridges of the Colorado mountains elk hunting, to the sand dunes of Glamis in Arizona hauling quads and Rhino's, and I hose it off when I get home and store it.

 

[timswi]

Yea timswi, they aren't cheap. But they will last thru your kid's kids, so it is in some form, a trade off. I have taken mine from the back back ridges of the Colorado mountains elk hunting, to the sand dunes of Glamis in Arizona hauling quads and Rhino's, and I hose it off when I get home and store it.

That's the advantage for sure, in addition to the definite lack of weight...From what I've seen, they run around 2X the cost of a regular trailer...It is a tradeoff and I'm not totally scared away yet.

Have to put some serious thought into this purchase and aluminum is on the short list. I have a "high-end" 5x10 steel utility trailer that needs sandblasted and repainted, again, because it rusts around the welds and D-rings..No big deal since I can do it in the shop...Just a pain.

 

[buck12]

I like my flip up ramps. A friend of mine has slide in ramps. When we tow tractors to the hunting camp I can unload faster because he has to slide ramps out, position, and block the back of the trailer. I pull two pins and drop the ramps. For my uses I like the flip up ramps. To date I have only hauled my tractor with my 18' trailer. I have a 10' trailer with a removable tailgate that I use for general hauling. I leave the tailgate off it most of the time because the tailgate is usually in the way. It's up to each user to decide what works best for their primary application.

 

[jk96]

I have slide-in ramps. I use a bottle jack at the rear of the trailer to firm things up while loading and unloading. This is the same jack that I keep with the trailer at all times to change flat tires. I usually work alone. A long way from any help.

You may find a set of jack stands to be easier and faster than using a bottle jack.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Before I had my trailer I borrowed one to go about 150miles to pick up my tractor. It had slide in ramps that did not come all the way out when extended. You simply pulled them out and that was it. Anyway I heard a weird noise so I pulled over and sure enough one was dragging and the other was 2/3 the way out. The guy I borrowed it from forgot to put the pins back in them last time he had used it. I had a extra hitch pin I put in one to hold it and put a few bungee cords on the other till I could get to a TSC and get some hitch pins.

When I took it back that night the pins were laying right next to the trailer on top of a 55 gallon drum of oil.

Chris

This is the way my ramps work, no lifting or struggling with them, also don't have to worry about them lifting up and falling off when starting up on them. Also the retaining pins are spring loaded and mounted to the trailer , just hold pin out while sliding the ramp out about two inches and then you can release the pin and slide the ramp out till it stops. When done just slide ramps all the way back in until spring pins lock into place securing ramps.

 

[mojoinco]

My slide outs are apparently pretty crudely mounted: you pull them out too far and they fall on the ground. Would like to see pics of how yours operate.

I was thinking that if I were to slightly extend the angle iron rails (that the ramps sit on) and add a horizontal catch (another piece of angle iron) then they would pull out just far enough and could be lifted into position from there.

I usually have a couple of firewood logs that are too knotted to want to split. I leave one in the trailer and use it under the end of the trailer. If the load really squats the trailer it will sit on it. To remove it I just pull the truck a bit forward. It's all good -- there isn't anything that gets hurt. On the far end, just park it over a low spot (there's always a spot). I do hate the lack of ramp connection (a piece of angle iron hanging over a piece of square tubing set at a 45 degree rotation).