Dove tail or beaver tail?

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I am 100% sure that they were always called beaver tails up until maybe ten years ago. Maybe it is a regional thing. Us old fahrts have a responsibility to resist change and keep calling them beaver tails.
 
(quoted from post at 07:05:37 06/19/17) David, do the fold over ramps have spring assist at least to get to vertical? And are they heavy to raise from deck? Thanks Jim

The ramps on my 28 ft. PJ have spring assist and are not difficult to raise or lower.
 
May be a regional thing. They are dove
tail to me. I'm a 45 model. My ramps flip
over and make a flat floor. You gain 5 ft.
They are spring loaded. But easy to get
from ground, harder to get up from trailer
especially when slid in narrow. For my
golf cart. Although my pulling tractor is
that narrow also. I want a hyd full width
ramp next time. If there is a next time.
Oh my trailer is a Corn-Pro. 20&5 deck
over 15000 gvw.
 
I believe (Don't know for certain) that the term beaver tail originally started with trailers built by General Engine Company out of New Jersey which were called "eager beavers". They developed tooling and had the large presses required to bend I beams. Of course Eager Beaver trailers are still a successful product line which sells a lot of construction equipment trailers. They are the only trailer I know of that uses curved I beams to drop the deck height for easy loading. The floor boards on some of their trailers also had a smooth curve to them at the beaver tail so that there was no angle to catch on exhaust systems or any other low hanging part of the vehicle or equipment being hauled. So to me a Beaver tail trailer has a curved frame and deck, dove tail could have the frame members welded to form an angle.
 
I have a Titan with the 6 foot wide glide option. It has 2 big spring loaded ramps that lay flat and increase the bed length. They are also almost as wide as the trailer. I like them and they aren't to bad at all to lift. There's a picture of it in the post below about chaining down a narrow front tractor.
 
i still call them beaver tails, now since im also old and, just to throw confusion in the mix who remembers camel back trucks? lol!
 
I wasn't sure if the ones that lay were spring assist off deck too or just assist off the ground. My PJ is spring assist and can raise off ground with one hand but would also want assist off the deck. I need a little larger trailer and yours looks about what I'm looking for. Also I just found a post card mailed June 1912 From Spearville,Kansas any where near you?
 
It's spring assist both ways. I think it's slightly easier from the ground going up. I would say it's mostly due to the fact you can get ahold of the ramp better. When the ramp is flat on trailer all you can reach is the outside edge reaching over. Doesn't give you much leverage. I can do it one handed so it's not bad though. My ramps are also made so that if need be they can be locked straight up. I've never run with it that way though. When folding or unfolding a spring catches the ramp so it won't slam either the ground or trailer. Probably explained that as clear as mud. I live in a small town 30 miles away from Topeka.
 
Thanks for the info, I like the idea of laying flat and also being able to load narrow fronts easy. I have pictures of relation somewhere in Kansas with a big Mogul belted to an Advance Rumley separator and also plowing some where in Kansas.
 

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