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- From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
- Subject: Re: homebrew truck ramps?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.172433.27754@research.nj.nec.com>
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- Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
- References: <6001@catnip.berkeley.ca.us> <C1BJEz.AC7@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 17:24:33 GMT
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- In article <C1BJEz.AC7@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
- >If you don't happen to have a nice chuck of pre-formed steel laying
- >around, JC Whitney, Harbor Freight Tools, and probably several others,
- >sell extruded aluminum end caps which you just bolt to a plank to create
- >an instant ramp. Of course weight is another thing to consider. My pair
- >of ramps has no problem with ~500 pounds of Me & Quad, but I don't know
- >how well a single board would handle 5-600 pounds of street bike.
-
- I use 2x12s for my ramps. They bow a bit when the Harley is rolled
- up or down, but they hold the weight more than adequately. They almost don't
- even notice the 360.
-
- >Oh, Rev 1.2 is going to add a chain or cable to each ramp so I can hook
- >them to the truck and eliminate the possibility of wheelspin spitting
- >the ramp out from under me & the Quad when we're halfway up. :-)
-
- Very good idea.
- >I'm crossposting this to .dirt since we dirty types spend a lot more
- >time loading bikes in and out of trucks than the smooth-tire crowd. (Not
- >counting Harleys and Ducatis, of course. :-)
-
- Hey! I resemble that remark.
- Later,
- --
- Chris BeHanna DoD# 114 1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide - Jubilee's Red Lady
- behanna@syl.nj.nec.com 1975 CB360T - Baby Bike
- Disclaimer: Now why would NEC
- agree with any of this anyway? I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
-