Shop Built Ramp Gate Assist

[maintenanceguy]

I've seen a few of these posted here before and thought I'd show what we came up with to solve a problem with some very heavy ramp gates on one of our trailers. It's a pair of garage door springs inside 2" conduit. The rest explains itself.

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[razor1]

Pretty cool! Could you have gone straight out of the tube to the ramp?

[deere615]

ya they usually just come right out the end with 2 little pulley type things, but that looks really nice, great work!

[maintenanceguy]

I could have come right out of the tube but these gates are really heavy. I wanted the cable tension to lift the gates up, not pull them forward so I built a short tower to get the pull more vertical.

[seabee1]

the pulleys give them more mechanical advantage ,looks great.:weightlifter: