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Building truck ramps to load ATV?
Santa brought my son an ATV for Christmas...it is too heavy for me to load in the bed of my truck to take him somewhere he can ride it. I found a kit from Lund for building loading ramps out of 2"x"10" wood. http://www.autoanything.com/hitch-bed-accessories/...
The problem is that to get a reasonable slope relative to the height of my pickup (Tundra crewmax), the ramps need to be at least 8' long (preferably 10' according to the instructions for the hardware). Because I have a short bed pickup, building the ramps long enough would mean at four or five feet would hang out of the truck when I transported the ramps.
My idea is this...
Would it be possible to hinge the 2x10 in the middle so the ramps would fold in half for storage and transportation? If so, what would I need to do to make sure the hinged section was capable of supporting the weight safely (e.g., making it bear the same load as the other hardware or at least strong enough to hold the weight of the atv and rider during loading)???
12 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hinge the break on the top and bottom with 4 heavy duty 4" door hinges or two 10" flush mount gate hinge, use 2" long nuts and bolts, not screws, to Bolt both the hinges together on one end 1 top 1 bottom of your (a)5'-2x10 take another (b) 5'-2x10 and bolt it to (a) with countersunk 1-1/2" bolts.
Set your ramp on your truck as it would be while loading. measure the length between the joint and the ground and cut a (c)2x10 2" shorter than your measurement. Allowing the hinge to hang down, put board (c) under the ramp board (b) against the hinge on board (a)and bolt on the leg board (c) to the hanging hinge just as everything is sitting.
Viola!
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- Anonymous5 years ago
A ramp was constructed to load a truck. If the ramp is 10 feet long and the horizontal distance from the bottom of the ramp to the truck is 8 feet, what is the vertical height of the ramp? Answer: A. 6 ft
- 1 decade ago
find out how much of a slope it is from ur bed 2 the ground and make a frame outa 2x4's and then wrap it with a piece of 1/2 inch plywood might be heavy but it will support the weight of u or u son and the atv
Source(s): i know stuff - 1 decade ago
So wait, you can afford the ATV, but not the $100 ramps that are correct and safe for you and your son?
