OK, you ingenious bikers - HELP, please

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#11 Unread post by dean owens »

i too think the sears ramps should work. but you might need to get a third ramp if i'm understand what you have.

if the ramps are a bit shy of working you could get a set of ramps for your truck (the kind you use to help change your oil) and drive your truck up on them. that will give you any extra angle you might need. and they can be stored easily.

i don't know what makes it so different, but i used an 8 foot 2x10 to get my gl650 in and out of my truck. took two people but it was possible.
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#12 Unread post by zhgma »

:D Hallelujah! We FINALLY found a couple of ramps that will work – a 7’ x 60” Zero-Turn Mower & Trike trifold. We’ll just have to hook the 2 together & prop the middle! (Don’t know why they had been hiding for the past 10 days while we’ve been searching – they just popped up at the last minute!) Carry them on a ladder rack (which is our next search - - Thank goodness Uncle Sam knew we were gonna need some extra $$ this spring!! LOL)
This company was SO helpful – don’t know if I can give their name or not – I don’t want to get into trouble, but would love to let y’all know who is willing to help (besides forum members, that is)!

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zhgma wrote: :D Hallelujah! We FINALLY found a couple of ramps that will work – a 7’ x 60” Zero-Turn Mower & Trike trifold. We’ll just have to hook the 2 together & prop the middle! (Don’t know why they had been hiding for the past 10 days while we’ve been searching – they just popped up at the last minute!) Carry them on a ladder rack (which is our next search - - Thank goodness Uncle Sam knew we were gonna need some extra $$ this spring!! LOL)
This company was SO helpful – don’t know if I can give their name or not – I don’t want to get into trouble, but would love to let y’all know who is willing to help (besides forum members, that is)!
Holy hell, you're really going to use a 14' ramp without even trying an arched ramp??
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#14 Unread post by oxbow1 »

Look around, can form a rudimentary lathe?

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#16 Unread post by kennydude »

oxbow1 wrote:Look around, can form a rudimentary lathe?

Name that movie and you get a free snow cone :lol:
i cheated and googled it.
haha


how bout you get one of us no good ruffians to drive the bike to where ya need it, and buy us a grey hound ticket back home? :)
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#17 Unread post by NorthernPete »

If your in a bind, could allways try this
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#18 Unread post by KingRobb »

he said there was no hill...so no deal stuntman
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#19 Unread post by ElChado87 »

jonnythan wrote:
zhgma wrote: :D Hallelujah! We FINALLY found a couple of ramps that will work – a 7’ x 60” Zero-Turn Mower & Trike trifold. We’ll just have to hook the 2 together & prop the middle! (Don’t know why they had been hiding for the past 10 days while we’ve been searching – they just popped up at the last minute!) Carry them on a ladder rack (which is our next search - - Thank goodness Uncle Sam knew we were gonna need some extra $$ this spring!! LOL)
This company was SO helpful – don’t know if I can give their name or not – I don’t want to get into trouble, but would love to let y’all know who is willing to help (besides forum members, that is)!
Holy hell, you're really going to use a 14' ramp without even trying an arched ramp??

I believe a 7' x 60" ramp would qualify as a seven foot ramp.... Not a 14. Am I wrong?
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#20 Unread post by jonnythan »

ElChado87 wrote:I believe a 7' x 60" ramp would qualify as a seven foot ramp.... Not a 14. Am I wrong?
A 7' ramp is a 7' ramp.

Two 7' ramps, propped together in the middle, is a 14' ramp. Might want to read more than the first sentence of each post ;)
a 7’ x 60” Zero-Turn Mower & Trike trifold. We’ll just have to hook the 2 together & prop the middle!
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