wedge/ ramp truck

[George]

anybody every use a wedge or ramp truck ?
like it better than a trailer?
pro or cons please post up I am thinking of getting one
thanks George

[twiztedzuki]

thought about it, i just hav a pickup bed full of things i have to bring when i go for a weekend. just didnt think i had the room on wedge truck

[underpowered]

thought about it, i just hav a pickup bed full of things i have to bring when i go for a weekend. just didnt think i had the room on wedge truck

most wedge trucks have storage under the wedge for spare parts and such
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guy who i go out with has a roll back he tows with often. seems like a great idea IMO.

[donaldcon]

I have had both this truck


and this truck



I like the flat bed best.

Prefer it over a trailer anyday. both trucks had large amounts of storage under the bed, and I could also tow a trailer with both. I had a truck on both and a trailer with another truck behind them numerious times.

[George]

I found one with wedge but I would rather have the flat my self plus its a crew cab with a 36 inch sleeper but only has a 350 in it

[C.P.]

Here's an ex box truck we converted:




My buddy uses it to haul mowers/mulch/landscape equipment, but we just had to see how well the Blazer fit.

[George]

looks like I may try and find a 26 foot uhaul and make one from that

[T-bird]

We use dovetail trucks at work and drive farm tractors on the back and they work great. One thing I have always wanted to to is drop the bed hieght. It would work as long as your inside track width of your buggy was wider than the frame rails of the truck. Your buggy would bascially straddle the frame rails and the bed would be mounted on the bottom of the frame rails.

[biggin69]

looks like I may try and find a 26 foot uhaul and make one from that

If you go that route, make it a toter home.

[Nuts]

looks like I may try and find a 26 foot uhaul and make one from that

If you go that route, make it a toter home.

Yeah, just leave the box on and have a dry place to camp and store your ****

[George]

yep figure leave 10 foot of the box and a 16 foot flatbed

[Trigger]

When I used to go to truck pulls all the time as a kid, a lot of guys would convert school buses to haulers for their pulling trucks. Just a thought

[donaldcon]

my chevy only had a 350. wasnt really underpowered

[redcj3a]

This combo ramp/flatbed truck blows me away. Though the departure angle may not work as well here as in the flat land of Florida. I like how low it seems to sit. I have this build bookmarked. Some day I may have the skills to build something similar. Anyhow, the build thread is attached if you want to look at it. The thread is only 4 pages long.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=985928