Need dolly ramp recommendations
Todd
I need to be doing some moving of appliances into and
out of my garage in to my house. The rise from outside
of my house over the sill is 6". My refrigerator dolly can do
this, but I am getting a little old for the power/strength
it takes. The drop over the side of the sill on the
inside of the house looks to be only about 3/4".
Is there some kind on ramp I can put in from of the sill
so that I do not have to go 6" straight up? Reusable,
portable? Do these things securely hold my dolly with
refrigerator attached?
Many thanks,
-T
DD_BobK
My parents' garage had ~4" step from the slab to side yard walk
way.
To make it easier to move a wheel barrow, wheeled trash containers or
other items over the obstruction, I made a ramp out of 3/4" plywood.
I was about 18" to 24" but I cannot recall exactly.
To do the 6" rise, I would suggest ramp 3' to 4' wide.
cheers
Bob
The Daring Dufas
> pretty easy
I've seen some metal end pieces for sale at hardware outlets in the past
that you can bolt on your own 2x10 boards to make ramps. Amazon sells a
few them.
http://www.amazon.com/Lund-602002-Ramp-Kit-Set/dp/B0007Y7Q10
TDD
Jim Elbrecht
I second those. I picked up a set at Lowes for $20- threw onto some
2x8's and have loaded & unloaded the trailer with ease- and wrangled a
washing machine up a 4step stoop by myself.
Jim
>
>TDD
Colbyt
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Dolly wheels should be no more than about 24" apart. For occasional use a
scrap of 3/4" plywood could be enough.
Though to be safe I add a scrap of angle cut 2x6 to the part butting to the
door and a couple of wedges along the sides.
I have a 5 foot long ramp I built for getting the lawnmower in and out of
the truck made from 2x4 and 1/2" OSB. When we used it for contractor sized
loads of dirt and rock all I did was add a few lateral braces, think ladder
style. I did not pay $20 for those ramp brackets I used some heavy weight
wall angles to each stringer. For the wheelbarrow duty I added temporary
legs to the rear.
For a 6" rise across which you will roll not sit, you don't need much.
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Robert Neville
>Is there some kind on ramp I can put in from of the sill
>so that I do not have to go 6" straight up? Reusable,
>portable? Do these things securely hold my dolly with
>refrigerator attached?
You could make a ramp, but it's really not necessary to have a perfect slope.
Get a 2x8 the width of you door and nail a 2x6, then a 2x4. Otherwise start with
a 2x10 and sand or saw the slope.
Oren
1) Go in another door if a ramp is not needed
2) Use a helper
3) Use scrap lumber: Stack on top of each other.
2X6, then a 2X4 and a 1x3. ..wide enough for the dolly.
No tools necessary
aemeijers
Sorta in the same vein- those temporary ramps always like to shoot out
from under you. I've found it helps to add a flap of sheet metal at the
top, extending over the high side. This also helps protect threshold.
I've even made an easily-movable 8" -rise wheelchair ramp that way, that
the helper could drop in the door opening when needed. A couple tapered
2x triangles for the sides plus a cross-piece or two to keep the sides
vertical, nail plywood over the top, and then the metal tongue. Tape to
cover sharp edges, and some sort of handle. (I forget what). This was a
quick'n'dirty from junk found in the basement, but it worked well enough
that I never needed to come up with a proper solution.
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aem sends...
DerbyDad03
As long as everyone is describing their ramps, here's how I made mine,
all from scrap:
For each ramp, I screwed a 2 x 8 to a 4 x 4. I relieved the ends of
the 2 x 8's to eliminate the "step". No flex what so ever it would
take an awful lot of weight to bend what is basically a 4 x 6.
They were originally made for loading a riding mower into my trailer,
but have since helped move an upright piano as well as a few other
heavy objects.
To move the piano out of the house the ramps were actually used as a
bridge from the front steps to the trailer, with a sheet of 3/4" ply
as the "rolling surface".
Smitty Two
aemeijers <aeme...@att.net> wrote:
> Sorta in the same vein- those temporary ramps always like to shoot out
> from under you.
Lacking a helper, I dragged an old, thin piece of scrap plywood out of
the hay barn and used it to load an air compressor onto the truck. The
compressor has a vertical tank and wheels, essentially a built-in dolly.
I was nervous about the plywood snapping, but it didn't. Instead, it did
indeed shoot out from under me when I was halfway up. The compressor and
the plywood and I hit the deck quicker than you can say "WTF." The
biggest difference between men and women is, men will do stupid things
even when they know ahead of time that they're stupid things.
Todd
Hi TDD,
From the picture of the brackets, it is not clear if there is some
kind of grabber to hook over the sill. My concern is to keep the
ramp from shooting out from under me.
Many thanks,
-T
DerbyDad03
> In article <2KqdnS1Kusg_X2zRnZ2dnUVZ_hWdn...@giganews.com>,
re: "The biggest difference between men and women is, men will do
stupid things even when they know ahead of time that they're stupid
things."
I'm not too sure I agree with that comparison. After all, my wife
married me.
The Daring Dufas
I believe there are starter ramps for the ends that have rubber grips.
I saw some real nice ones that metal on both ends of a customer's own
boards. The floor end had nonskid rubber making them useful for concrete
floors.
TDD