Heavy ramps

RustyR

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Recently purchased a triple axle travalong gooseneck deckover. I like it except that when then ramps are laid down forward, they are very heavy to get back up. I keep thinking a comealong could somehow be used to lift them, anybody figured out an easy way?
 
When I bought my trailer and if I would got that type of ramp they would have been spring assist. Could you have got yours with spring assist?
 
By "laid down forward " I am guessing that is in "up" or haul mode. I have flat bar and hitch pins so they don't lay on the ramp. Stand up and locked vertically. Springs assist in raising off the ground. Do not have to lift them off the ramp.
 
(quoted from post at 20:08:14 07/27/16) Recently purchased a triple axle travalong gooseneck deckover. I like it except that when then ramps are laid down forward, they are very heavy to get back up. I keep thinking a comealong could somehow be used to lift them, anybody figured out an easy way?

I also have a Trav-a-Long trailer, and yes, those ramps seem to get heavier each year. There is spring assist to help lift them back up, but nothing to help lift them from the transport position. Maybe a pry bar of some sort, stuck in the hole for the hand hold, just to provide a little extra leverage?
 
Post a picture of what you have so we can see what we're dealing with, that will make itmeasier to help. If you have lift springs already it might be posible to use them to help the other way too. The reason they don't do thatmost times is it makes the ramps bounce and bang going down the road.
 
They are spring assist to help get them up off the ground, and they are triangle shaped so they line up with the deck when folded forward. The area between the ramps pops up to line up with the deck. I'm thinking of putting a d ring that lays flat into the back side of the ramp and then be able to run a chain back from there back over the pivot rod and then fwd so a comealong can pull it. will let you know if it works!
 
My trailer is a corn-pro. The ramps are the same. Springs make them almost float when down but are loose when folded. Like the design for gaining 5 ft. To haul hay. I have thought about something that will stick into my cheater pipe. (Aluminum ball bat) so can get under it.
 
Take a look at E-Z Flip ramps by Rogers trailers. They have double spring assist that flips ramps both ways. You might want to take a look at it.
 
(quoted from post at 17:12:46 07/28/16) They are spring assist to help get them up off the ground, and they are triangle shaped so they line up with the deck when folded forward. The area between the ramps pops up to line up with the deck. I'm thinking of putting a d ring that lays flat into the back side of the ramp and then be able to run a chain back from there back over the pivot rod and then fwd so a comealong can pull it. will let you know if it works!

Yes. Just like mine. I have often thought a better design would be just one flip over beaver tail, with electric or hydraulic assist.
 
You can do away with ramps and put a hydraulic beaver tail that will set down on ground and raised to deck level for extra floor space.
 
(quoted from post at 06:16:39 07/29/16) You can do away with ramps and put a hydraulic beaver tail that will set down on ground and raised to deck level for extra floor space.

Kind of like the drop-deck flatbed semi-trailer that a local implement dealer had. That hydraulic beaver tail was stout enough to lift itself up even with a Case-IH Magnum tractor parked on it.
 
The only way a comealong would work is if you had something to anchor to behind the trailer. Just running the cable down along the ramp and under the pivot pin, there's no leverage to lift the ramp.
 
Here's a set of spring assist that work.
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I built a seven foot deck to put on the back of mine, then lift it with a hydraulic cab jack from a cabover semi tractor. the cylinders are underneath.
 
be done with it and go hydraulic! push the button ramps go up!
I have less than $400 in this including cables to the front

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If I was to get a new trailer do away with ramps and get hydraulic beaver that can be lowered and raised.
 
(quoted from post at 20:08:14 07/27/16) Recently purchased a triple axle travalong gooseneck deckover. I like it except that when then ramps are laid down forward, they are very heavy to get back up. I keep thinking a comealong could somehow be used to lift them, anybody figured out an easy way?


Rusty, a few years ago I was having the same issue as you were as I was getting tired of wrestling with the trailer ramps. I came up with the idea to put a hydraulic lift kind of like the ones I see on heavy equipment trailers. I also liked the idea of making my ramps full width for easier &amp; safer loading/unloading. This was 6 years ago and it still works great, never had a minutes trouble out of it. I have loaded tractors when it was 5 degrees and it worked fine even though it ran a little slower. I made the ramps where they store in the upright position and I have a safety chain I hook to them when traveling. I have a battery mounted on the trailer as I didn't want the trailer hydraulic pump or the winch connected to my truck. It seemed a lot easier to just mount a dedicated battery on the trailer. I keep a solar powered maintainer hooked to it when it's parked under the shed and it's always ready to go.

Here is a video showing how it works:
http://vid403.photobucket.com/album...e Gooseneck Trailer/VID_HydraulicTailGate.mp4
 

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