trailers

blazerbrad · 02-01-2010, 08:52 AM

My trailer is about 83" between the fenders, and the front of my Blazer is about 87-88" wide. My temporary fix was to make wood ramps consisting of three 4x4's stacked on top of each other and then cut out to the same shape as the fenders and then fastened to the fenders with a couple of bolts. That temporary fix has been in place for 5-6 years now. I'm also lucky because the perfect loading puts my rear tires right up against these wood ramps, but as mentioned above if your rear tires need to be inbetween the fenders for proper loading you will have some issues.

The wood ramps I have now work great as you just pull it on and stop when the rear tires hit the ramps. But as also mentioned above there is some concern of getting the rig loaded or unloaded if something breaks. The worst case I have been in was no steering and the passenger side front axle shaft broke. Loading wasn't too bad once I had it lined up correctly but it's a little hairy not having any steering and the front tires sitting up on the ramp. Unloading was a pain and I had to have another vehicle help pull it off. Part of the problem was it was raining + steel deck = slick. With only one front wheel pulling and no steering the back wanted to slide over when trying to back over the ramps. I've never tried, but I'm guessing it would be rather difficult to load or unload in 2wd.

cheapthrills49 · 02-01-2010, 09:22 AM

i broke a joint n my front drive shaft 2 weekends ago and loaded up n 2wd. driving over the frosty fenders and my steal ramps slick as hell, i had 2 bump it pretty hard and it made my butt hole pucker a bit. sucks bad i need a deck over!

02-01-2010, 09:22 AM	#2
cheapthrills49 VANILLA GORILLA Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: blanmolester, ohio.......stonelick lake Posts: 192	i broke a joint n my front drive shaft 2 weekends ago and loaded up n 2wd. driving over the frosty fenders and my steal ramps slick as hell, i had 2 bump it pretty hard and it made my butt hole pucker a bit. sucks bad i need a deck over! __________________ I EAT BURRITOS ON EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!

02-01-2010, 08:52 AM	#1
blazerbrad - CORE Member - Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 831 Images: 6	My trailer is about 83" between the fenders, and the front of my Blazer is about 87-88" wide. My temporary fix was to make wood ramps consisting of three 4x4's stacked on top of each other and then cut out to the same shape as the fenders and then fastened to the fenders with a couple of bolts. That temporary fix has been in place for 5-6 years now. I'm also lucky because the perfect loading puts my rear tires right up against these wood ramps, but as mentioned above if your rear tires need to be inbetween the fenders for proper loading you will have some issues. The wood ramps I have now work great as you just pull it on and stop when the rear tires hit the ramps. But as also mentioned above there is some concern of getting the rig loaded or unloaded if something breaks. The worst case I have been in was no steering and the passenger side front axle shaft broke. Loading wasn't too bad once I had it lined up correctly but it's a little hairy not having any steering and the front tires sitting up on the ramp. Unloading was a pain and I had to have another vehicle help pull it off. Part of the problem was it was raining + steel deck = slick. With only one front wheel pulling and no steering the back wanted to slide over when trying to back over the ramps. I've never tried, but I'm guessing it would be rather difficult to load or unload in 2wd.