it gets old quick. dealing with ramps. the harder it is, the less likely it will be done, and if done, done correctly. the easier it is to do something, the more likely when it is done, it will be done correctly.
for myself, there are times, that i wish i had a drop deck. due to needing to use hand cart, to move stuff on and off of trailer / around trailer, and to spot i want to place it.
trying to lift those heavier things on / off a trailer = bad backs, even if folks go through the basic. "how do you lift things"
there should automatically be a "city meeting" or "township meeting" or like. were budgets and buying things are talked about / come up. pretty boring. you seat there, while they go over basically stuff, and just doing paper work. that is pretty much what it is.
if the ramps are removable. i have been in situations were i needed my ramps, but ramps were not on trailer. so had to rely on a 2x8 or something. that would slide around and bend to almost breaking.
you also have to think about loading heavier equipment. if you do not put a jack stand or something under rear end of trailer. it could buckle and cause ramps to almost slide off, even if there is a grove for the removable ramps.
how many times have you seen the rear of the truck being lifted up off the ground trying to load something? and in those times how many times were you on a hill to make things even more risky?
not trying to justify, but regardless if it is saftey or not. some times having a extra feature like a drop deck, or a dump trailer, can make a night and day difference. cutting overall man hours by half if not more. ((kinda like DIY folks and there tools, they always seem to need to buy that one more tool for a project, due to how much better it does things and quicker it does things))
there are about 4 "machinery rental places" within 1 hour drive of me. these places are in buisness of renting out a wide range of tools to equipment. most of all this is "commercial" grade stuff which costs $$$$ over the cheap light weight stuff found in most local hardware stores a general DIY'er might buy. buying one of these commercial tools or equipment things can wipe out a budget in a heartbeat. having a trailer than can handle stuff from a machinery rental place. can cause a pretty good setup. of getting more machinery when needed as needed. vs trying to deal with repairs, and preventive maintenance on lower / less power machinery.
why need use of a tractor, to unload something off of a trailer. when you could drop the deck to the ground and use the hand cart?
