[JustinOOO9]

@backhoebill I looked a several trailers before settling on the Diamond C , ...liked the tilt latch and how the bed pivot works, better than the others -- I did make a mod to cause the latch to auto reset, that way the tilt will click in the lock position. Is real handy feature.

@JustinOOO9 I missed the picture you had posted a few posts back ...nice trailer for doing the seal coating -- a set of aluminum ramps would work nice for it -- I am thinking the thinner ones tho, since you are pretty close to the ground already
Side Note : I got a coat of woolwax on my old International dump truck, after talking to you about the product, ...worked out pretty well. ...Thank you for the advise

Glad you liked it. I really think it’s a great maintenance program for rust prevention. Yes I’m a woolwax undercoater. Been using the stuff since 2016. I think you may have posted when I was seeking someone on the east coast to grab a commercial grease pump for me? I use that now primarily with some spray equipment from Canada hahaha.

Appreciate all the input I only need longer ramps for all the low profile cars I do. I would say 70% are suvs/trucks but a nice supply of low profile cars too. I just didn’t want to carry short ramps for trucks and long ones or extensions for low profile vehicles.

 

[JustinOOO9]

@backhoebill

I actually have considered that but not sure of the investment and fab work compared to just $1k for 8ft ramps. I can be very indecisive lol.

 

[Heavy_GD]

I have a few deck overs with the solid steel ramps, for cars I just bought a tilt trailer.

No more ramps to deal with and easy to load

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[ZMANN]

he will have a hard time walking under those to spray woolwax ;-)

 

[Heavy_GD]

thats what loaders are for haha, just dont crush the plate tipping it up.

 

[JustinOOO9]

Nice! I feel silly and not sure this is the wisest of choices but an update... For now I didn't want to spend $1000 on ramps for a trailer I paid $4500 for. I got some 2x12s and added metal ends, and two 10in wide angle iron braces about 3ft long with a little 4x4 support under. cost me about $5 since I didn't have short enough bolts that matched in all the bins. made myself some diy ramp extensions.

I had some 10k rated 5ft aluminum ramps that work great for probably 80% of vehicles I service and for the low profile cars i set them about 2ft up on them on the cross bars of the aluminum ramps and worked fine for a 2021 corolla that had like 1k miles on it. I am just so cheap I don't know how my other half deals with it lol. I may end up buying the aluminum ramps eventually but this worked really well and like I said cost me like 5$ and maybe 30 minutes to cut/drill the metal braces hahaha. so now i have 5ft aluminum ramps and these little like 3.5ft extensions.

If anyone thinks im too cheap and should go the other way let me know. I won't be offended and maybe you're right after all haha.

 

[Heavy_GD]

As long as the approach angle isnt to high stressing the center of the board that should work.

I would cut grooves or put mesh gutter guard on to of them for traction.

 

[JustinOOO9]

I never added the second pic dang it. Ya I cut some very shallow slots and made sure they were oiled very well. We shall see how long they last but im
Optimistic at this point

 

[backhoebill]

I like it. My inner cheapskate is in agreement. Those should last a while. If you had to buy the lumber, it could have been expensive!!LOL


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[JustinOOO9]

The angle and point that the diy ramp extensions meet just lets me fit a 4x4 block underneath lol. I knew I should have tried to take some measurements but figured meh its $5 if I mess up lol. Yes lumber has gone up so much lately. thankfully I have another 8ft of the 2x12 or 2x10 whatever it was in the loft if it breaks but figured its only for low profile cars as I haven't had to load a lowered/slammed truck yet "knock on wood haha"

 

[Hydro]

I will saw some nice oak planks for you on my band mill -- actually have just what you need already

 

[ZMANN]

do you make handicap ramps also?

 

[ZMANN]

I can't believe we went from 3/4 of a grand to 5 dolla ramps in one thread lol

 

[JustinOOO9]

I must have added the ramps to my cart and saw the $1100 total like 3 times (they are little deceitful with shipping). I remembered I had a huge piece of lumber and thought well I've done more red..neck things in the past without going to jail so maybe this will work for a bit. If the fail soon i will buckle down and poney up the dough lol. Sorry to disappoint haha.

If its any indication of my frugalness.... The sawhorses in the pics are as old as me but have paid themselves off countless times.

 

[Heavy_GD]

rest assured that there was no question about the age of those sawhorses.

 

[jetjock15]

I have ramps from discount ramps. They 12 foot 15 wide and 4k per ramp. They were $1k then $150 shipping. They are heavier then i expected but very quality. But seems like a legit operation (discount ramps)

 

[JustinOOO9]

Almost forgot about this lol. I’m still using the ramp combo from my red.neck engineering but… worked great for a 2018 corvette z06 lol… I’m transferring mobile services for fleet customers only soon though and installing a 12k VERSYMMETRIC post lift soon. Haven’t used one yet but looks to give both options of the common two post lift but it’s a long delivery delay so it’s in the works lol…

Who do I ring up to remove red neck from the naughty word list lol… (ADMIN added a . between red and neck lol )

 

[The Evil Twin]

Who do I ring up to remove red neck from the naughty word list lol…

As dumb as it is. It's nice to see some true equality. Can we say cracker?
Edit- yep. Sure can.

 

[JustinOOO9]

red neck, red neck, red neck, red neck! sorry I was just feeling a little oppressed and had to let it out for a moment.

But excited to do less mobile work next summer... Diesel jumped nearly $2 a gallon and my drive time between jobs can be used more for money making with less overhead and risk. The trailer has been an incredible asset but Woolwax is also a lubricant so I had to wash it often and sprinkle oil dry on it often to keep things from just sliding off.

 

[Hydro]

Careful with all the red neck -- your gonna get all catawampus , slipping-n-sliding on that trailer