Mega Ramps, Monster Ramps, and Multipurpose Doves

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Chickengrower

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Looking into replacing my 7K BP car hauler with a 14K Lowboy or Deckover and have been looking at these style of ramps lately. Anybody out there in TBN land own/use a trailer with these style ramps?


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I have yet to see one in person, only the interweb. Gator, Big Tex, PJ and Load Trail are the ones i've seen so far. Load Trail makes theirs in a lowboy as well as the deckover but I've only seen others come with the deckovers. I'll be loading a 5093e, 773G skid steer and who knows what else. They just look real soild and safe to me. Curious to know any opinions on them, which one may be built the best etc.
 
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I have a load trail 24' in a 14k. Would not have any other type of ramp for hauling equipment. Just remember you need to allow extra room to fold the ramps back up or you have to pin them straight up. I never do this, I just pull the equipment far enough forward. CJ
 
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CJONE, Thats what i think too from looking at them. Found a couple I want to go look at, but now I can't decide on a deckover or a lowboy. My truck is 3/4 ton but only has a 6.0 gas motor and the lowboy is about 1000 lbs lighter so thats the way I'm leaning. Is your trailer a deckover or a lowboy type? I was wondering if the Multipurpose dovetail on a lowboy would be bad about dragging?
 
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Mine is a lowboy, don't really need a deckover anymore because I use mine 100% for hauling equipment. I have access to a tri axle deckover and I use it about every 2 years. If the hitch is adjusted correctly so the trailer rides level, I have had no problems with the back dragging unless I am somewhere I shouldn't be! It has dragged maybe 2 or 3 times in the woods. If this is going to be a do it all trailer then I would go with a flat deck lowboy with ramps. [I have one of them also]. The only way I would go with a deck over is if I was hauling skids or pallets again. CJ
 
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Since you are in Arkansas, check with Delta: Welcome to Delta Trailers

I have the 18' plus 4' lift up dovetail. Ordered in 2006, from a local dealer and drove to the factory to pick it up.

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other folks here on forum, have more experience than myself, the little amount of use i do remember of dove tails, was when i was a young kid. but loading stuff in back of pickup trucks to a regular smaller trailers different story.

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some stuff may make more sense to you, and your own uses. vs other folks and there uses. to many con's vs pro's, and compromises.

would have issue with un-level ground, how many times are you actually going to arrive some place to load/unload something were you have a nice long flat area to park and load/unload, and get the ramps to set nice.

second issue is overall weight of ramps, and being able to physically fold them up, and/or scoot them over to deal with different widths of tires.

were do you want the rear support legs, so when ya loading something heavy, ya do not lift front of trailer and rear of truck off the ground? on the ramps, or right at the dove tail? can you slide a board under the rear support legs easily and adjust them? so ya not sinking rear supports into soft ground and getting them stuck?

do you have side pockets, for easily inserting some 2x4's with some lumber attached for sides?

do you have easier to use locations for latching chains / chain binders?

if ya loading up say a tractor with a FEL (front end loader) on it, plus a 3pt hitch rotatory cutter on the tractor. will the ramps fold up?

if ramps are directly attached to rear of trailer, how much interference will they cause, if you need to use longer boards? or shorter boards / ramps, if backed up into a hill side or ditch for loading / unloading.

i am not a large fan of ramps or rear tail gate that stick up into the air, even a front header on a trailer. a lot of extra wind resistance happens. = more fuel / lower driving speed. it may not be bad only using trailer a couple times a year... but longer trips, etc... and it eats up the fuel.

license plate, and tail lights... how much of that stuff is actually protected? have bent up a lot of licenses plates, and had to buy new rear end lights. due to either bottoming out / dragging.

is the wiring for the lights... do all lights have a direct ground wire to frame (to save money), or an actual ground wire that is ran to each light? are the wires inside a frame or pipe on the bottom side of the trailer? and were the wires exit frame/pipe, can the wires be easily snagged by tall weeds? ((have had many ground issues, and easier to just run ground wire to all lights vs going through frame, also have had a few weeds / tree limbs snag wiring and destroy the wiring. not tearing it completely out, but pulling wire apart back inside the frame (not easily accessible for repair.)

cleaning the mud off... along with driving something up on the trailer, in wet muddy conditions... and slipping / sliding all over the place. and or a wheel wanting to slide off side of ramps.

if it comes with spare tires and a spot for them? were are they located and mounted? under trailer? up on the tongue / front of trailer some place? or just some spares seating back at the house/shed?

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are you upgrading to say a goose neck trailer? vs a BP (bumper pull) trailer?

are you needing any sort of tool box (like in back of a pickup truck) on the trailer?

are you needing an electrical 12v winch, to help pull stuff up onto trailer? car / truck / tractor that is not starting and hauling back home to fix it or to a repair shop to get it fixed? or simply dragging scrap/junk up onto trailer?

does your break control allow easier adjusting of trailer brakes? so you can adjust delay / strength easily from inside the truck, pending on type of load you have on the trailer?

do you need to upgrade truck wiring and plug on rear of truck to support... side marking lights, or 12v winch, or like?
 
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Xfaxman, Delta makes some solid trailers from what i hear. Yours would be about what i'm after but I sorta have had my eye set on a trailer with the 2, super wide ramps and from what i saw on their website I don't think Delta makes any trailers with the big, wide ramps like that. I priced some Starlite trailers over in OK. Seem to be a pretty good price. I have no idea about quality and they aren't too far away from me but again they don't make the mega wide ramps. So far, I think Load Trail has the most bang for the buck for what I'm looking for at least.

Boggen, You make some excellent points about things to think through when you are buying a trailer. Honestly, I haven't thought about them all so it was good to read your post. I think the Mega ramps would be a solution to some of the problems you mention but with anything new to the market, there may be some disadvantages associated that I just haven't thought about. Only time will tell if the Mega ramp innovation is a good idea or bad one I guess but the more I see em the more I like em.
 
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The only issue I have ever had was unloading/loading in a dip with the hitch adjusted too high. I had to pull ahead a little to fold the ramps back up. With the full width ramps there is no adjusting, they are always in the right spot. They are self bracing from the ground, so it does not matter how heavy the equipment is, no bracing or blocking of the trailer is needed. I don't miss carrying around a cut block of wood to brace the back of the trailer. If I were to buy again it would be a load trail with the equipment dove. CJ
 

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