Short people & horsebox ramps on 7.5t

[Lady Jane]

Has anyone managed to design something to help short people put up their own ramp by themselves? Its been adjusted as best it can and other than change the ramp I have no other ideas.

If its parked slightly downhil I can have a milk crate placed so I can jump on it and give that little push at the critical moment but its a bit tricky......

 

[ycbm]

I always had a winch on my big ramp and it was so admired that my OH fitted them for 3 other friends.
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[ycbm]

You can just about see it in post 7 on this thread. It was a godsend, I could put the ramp up with one hand even on a slope.

https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/...matting-recommendations.755395/#post-13656531

 

[humblepie]

Is it possible to change it to automatic. OH did a conversion on a 7.5 tonne ramp for some one a few years back.

 

[Lady Jane]

You can just about see it in post 7 on this thread. It was a godsend, I could put the ramp up with one hand even on a slope.

https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/...matting-recommendations.755395/#post-13656531

Looks promising. Was the winch motorised? Where was it attached to the ramp?

 

[Lady Jane]

Is it possible to change it to automatic. OH did a conversion on a 7.5 tonne ramp for some one a few years back.

The lorry is 2001 so don't really want to spend too much. Most of the time I'm noy by myself but it would be nice to be able to go out solo

 

[ycbm]

Looks promising. Was the winch motorised? Where was it attached to the ramp?

There was a hook on the middle of the top of the ramp. You could have a motorised winch but that one wasn't, it wasn't necessary. The whole lot cost about £30.
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[Flame_]

Could the springs be tightened a bit? I'm only 5'2 and can close mine as long as it's not really downhill (facing uphill, iykwim?), you just have to keep and use the momentum. When I was struggling the springs needed tightening. I sometimes have to thread a lead rope through the handle, walk back and pull to get it down.

 

[Lady Jane]

There was a hook on the middle of the top of the ramp. You could have a motorised winch but that one wasn't, it wasn't necessary. The whole lot cost about £30.
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Wow! I told my OH and he wanted to know if your OH was local

Could the springs be tightened a bit? I'm only 5'2 and can close mine as long as it's not really downhill (facing uphill, iykwim?), you just have to keep and use the momentum. When I was struggling the springs needed tightening. I sometimes have to thread a lead rope through the handle, walk back and pull to get it down.

Mine is easier if its facing downhill. My horsebox man said if he adjusted the ramp so I could put it up, I wouldn't be able to pull it down. I'm the same height as you. Mine doesn't have a handle but I suppose something could be attached so I could have a rope. Do you leave the rope on? I can't see how you would reach to attach the rope if you needed it?

 

[ycbm]

Wow! I told my OH and he wanted to know if your OH was local

If he wants to email the OH will tell him exactly how to fit it. It takes a couple of hours max.
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[Flame_]

Mine is easier if its facing downhill. My horsebox man said if he adjusted the ramp so I could put it up, I wouldn't be able to pull it down. I'm the same height as you. Mine doesn't have a handle but I suppose something could be attached so I could have a rope. Do you leave the rope on? I can't see how you would reach to attach the rope if you needed it?

To pull the ramp down, I have a handle in the middle of the ramp that I reach up and pull on. If the box is parked facing downhill sometimes I can't pull the ramp down but just by putting the leadrope on and moving away, the extra leverage pulls it down. I don't have to leave the rope on but I have seen other boxes with ropes attached by the ramp's feet for pulling it down.