Great Deal on tri-fold aluminum ATV MC loading ramp

I have a 550# Polaris snowmobile that I need to launch into back of my pickup truck. The HD tri-fold ramps are pretty pricey. Discount Ramps has several really nice ones but expensive.
So I found Tractor Supply has a 1500# tri-fold at $30 off , for $99 and if you sign up for email spam they will give you a $5 off coupon, so $95 is hard to beat.
SAFETY FIRST!!!!!! Please watch the youtube DISCOUNTRAMPS demo on safe loading....these are excellent demos on loading correctly.
I learned something, use MC tie downs or ones supplied with ramp and secure ramp to bumper with 2 tie downs, WELL ...I NEVER DID THAT...and is a great idea, a snowmobile track could really fling a ramp and a kickout would be a disaster.
Good reviews on this, not junk
heres the link:
http://www.tractorsu...ng-ramp-1035113

Looks okay for dirt bikes and ATV's maybe. But a VFR would high center, and maybe a snowmobile. That's a pretty severe angle where the ramp meets the truck gate. Even worse with a lifted truck or a tall 4 w/d.

I have one of them from Discount Motorcycle Ramps that I used to use before I got a toyhauler. It worked very well. More expensive, but sometimes cheaper just won't work.

JMO of course.

[image: View Post]FJ12Ryder, on 21 January 2011 - 06:03 PM, said:

But a VFR would high center, and maybe a snowmobile.


With my truck, a VFR would for sure. My tailgate is almost 3ft high.

[image: View Post]SEBSPEED, on 21 January 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:

[image: View Post]FJ12Ryder, on 21 January 2011 - 06:03 PM, said:

But a VFR would high center, and maybe a snowmobile.


With my truck, a VFR would for sure. My tailgate is almost 3ft high.



70" long ...my truck is 2wd low.
If you cant do a ramp how will you jump the triples?

I've got the harbor freight equivalent of this, looks identical. Works perfectly on my trailer but the bed is only 20" above the ground.

Wide, light (aluminum), long enough to ride up and it folds in half.
Been using it for 2-3 years now and very happy.
$238 delivered.
LINKY.


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[image: View Post]Rice, on 22 January 2011 - 11:42 AM, said:

Wide, light (aluminum), long enough to ride up and it folds in half.
Been using it for 2-3 years now and very happy.
$238 delivered.
LINKY.


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That's the one I have and it works very well.

Good discussion here...You do get what you pay for but that Tractor Supply one is a deal.
I ended up buying a super Heavy Duty one mainly because its longer and wider. Its a ramp that costs over $400 new everywhere.
I am buying it used on ebay $150 and must pickup in IL, but $50 more for a ramp thats twice as good.
Heres a pic, its an OXLIGHT #15864 , its reversable, one side is smooth for snowmo skis to slide up, the other side has traction bars for an ATV to climb.
$425 plus ship new, mine I used $150 pickup only....I scored a deal on best ramp out there, no way I am paying $450 plus, $150 happy deal I made.
Its actually one model better than this one, bars are closer together so can use center as a MC ramp, this ones center is like a ladder, mine is better.
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Heres mine, its a TRI-FOLD vs BI-FOLD as in pic above.
I am pretty stoked over a RAMP, happy with deal, will save my back and sled.
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