jgriff6258
06-16-2010, 09:17 PM
i have a chevy 3500 stake body with dump, it has a 12' x 8' wide bed, i would like to design a ramp to be able to both run a mower up and still have the ability to dump mulch when needed
the bed sits around 46" off of the ground, would 8' ramp be ok or still to steep?
i though it could be put on the truck hinged at the bottom ofcourse, would fold up to 4' and be able to be hinged at top also when i wanted to dump.
anyone ever had a setup like this? i can take it to the local steel fab shop im sure they could do it, my concern is weight, i would need lift assist for sure and would 8' be long enough? and with the fold in the middle would that support a heavy z-turn?
i would love to get away from pulling a 16' trailer it makes for a long vehicle when backing in and out of customers driveways!!
i worked for lco along time ago that had this kind of setup with there trucks using wb's but thats been close to 20 years ago and i cant remember how long the ramps were and how they were setup
thanks for the replies!
the bed sits around 46" off of the ground, would 8' ramp be ok or still to steep?
i though it could be put on the truck hinged at the bottom ofcourse, would fold up to 4' and be able to be hinged at top also when i wanted to dump.
anyone ever had a setup like this? i can take it to the local steel fab shop im sure they could do it, my concern is weight, i would need lift assist for sure and would 8' be long enough? and with the fold in the middle would that support a heavy z-turn?
i would love to get away from pulling a 16' trailer it makes for a long vehicle when backing in and out of customers driveways!!
i worked for lco along time ago that had this kind of setup with there trucks using wb's but thats been close to 20 years ago and i cant remember how long the ramps were and how they were setup
thanks for the replies!