I screwed some quarter inch plywood to my ramps because I didn't like the gaps between the rungs either and I am thinking about coating them with bed liner making them slip resistant and easy to walk up and down.
A couple bars between them would really help keeping them from moving too much. One on the bottom and one on the top. And maybe even one in the middle.
starting my lawn care business next season, just wondering for reference, do you think loading the truck bed is okay on the transmission with a zero turn loaded onto the bed majority of the time? Or do you think i should get the utility trailer setup?
I went to the website discount ramps found this same one 9’ x 17-1/2 black widow aluminum, this same one costs 574$. Wow that’s not cheap but I’m sure it must be a fantastic ramp.
Cool story: I needed new tires (10 ply rated E) , the stores were out of control with their prices. I searched on Facefuck marketplace. I found a young guy that just purchased a bran-new 3500 dually Cummings turbo diesel. He took off these stock rims with the stock tires and sold them to me for the price of two new tires!!!
@@oxford821 _Wow nice find lol marketplace has some deals in they you just gotta search can't be lazy👍the stocks&tires look good they'd go for $3k to the lowest where I'm at😐_
Could you try and put the ramps real close together and see how much room you have and try to strap it to the hitch again. I'm thinking about getting a similar toro 42.
This mower weighs around 600lbs. I’ve loaded this amount of weight before on the tailgate without any problems. I should check the cables and make sure they aren’t rusty. Any more weight than this I probably would take the tailgate off before loading
You know some legs under there would be a really nice add on. To relieve some weight off or the tail gate. Even if they are 1 or 2 inches off the ground they would prevent some serious injury in case the tailgate breaks. A 2 inch fall is much better than 3 feet.
@@oxford821 no, there are too many ways to go wrong backing in. Wet tires slipping, power.... You get the most power driving forward and it's makes sense to use less power backing out.
@@oxford821 how are those ramps holding up for you? I’m putting together a repair business for mowers and I’m looking for a quick simple way to pick up mowers from customers. This eliminates trailers which I use now.
You've probably never had a ramp kick out on you. You'll take the couple minutes to apply the ratchet straps once that happens to you one time. Granted, it may never happen with a zero turn because of the smooth wheels and limited power, but I've seen it happen with 4-wheelers a lot. Strap it up buck!
those small rotating front wheels make me so nervous, I fell off my ramps and bent my zero point, and the tires slip, I just gotta bite the bullet and lay two 1/2" plywood. Loading this way is dangerous.
amazing video man, my tailgate is 38 inches as well on a 2500. i havent found anyone showing a product loading a zturn into a bed. thank you for this
Right on! NP!
Good video you sold me on those ramps
Right on!! Thanks
Great review! I've been on the fence about which ramps to get to load my mower and from your review I may go with these.
Cool! Hope it works for you
Thanks for making this video
NP!
Best ramp seen on UA-cam so far. Owned z242e husq and planning to get one of these. Where can I get one. Perhaps a link would help bro. Thanks.
Thanks! I got them from a website called Discount Ramps
I screwed some quarter inch plywood to my ramps because I didn't like the gaps between the rungs either and I am thinking about coating them with bed liner making them slip resistant and easy to walk up and down.
Good idea, let me know how it works!
Nice setup
Thanks!
A couple bars between them would really help keeping them from moving too much. One on the bottom and one on the top. And maybe even one in the middle.
Yea, maybe some sort of swinging arm that is permanently connected to one ramp that swings over and latches onto the other one
starting my lawn care business next season, just wondering for reference, do you think loading the truck bed is okay on the transmission with a zero turn loaded onto the bed majority of the time? Or do you think i should get the utility trailer setup?
I’d get a trailer. Your time is your money, it’s faster loading and unloading with a trailer
I went to the website discount ramps found this same one 9’ x 17-1/2 black widow aluminum, this same one costs 574$. Wow that’s not cheap but I’m sure it must be a fantastic ramp.
Working great!
_Those 2019 new style wheels on the Ram?_
Cool story: I needed new tires (10 ply rated E) , the stores were out of control with their prices. I searched on Facefuck marketplace. I found a young guy that just purchased a bran-new 3500 dually Cummings turbo diesel. He took off these stock rims with the stock tires and sold them to me for the price of two new tires!!!
@@oxford821 _Wow nice find lol marketplace has some deals in they you just gotta search can't be lazy👍the stocks&tires look good they'd go for $3k to the lowest where I'm at😐_
Could you try and put the ramps real close together and see how much room you have and try to strap it to the hitch again. I'm thinking about getting a similar toro 42.
I don’t think it would be wide enough. The back wheels would hang off the outsides of the ramp
I have a 42” John deer your telling me these wouldn’t work?
I’m not saying that. I was explaining if the ramps are pushed together they wouldn’t be very wide
How wide is the bed of your truck from the wheel humps? How wide is your zero turn from both back tires? I’m curious
I believe it’s about 51” in between wheel humps. This is a 42” wide mower, I can go as large as a 50” deck in my truck
The straps are for holding the ramps on the tailgate, not side to side on the tailgate.
Right
how big of a mower can you fit on the truck?? 48"??
A 50” deck will fit between the wheel wells. Any deck bigger would need a trailer.
I like them but I am concerned the caster wheels may spin off at some point in time.....Nice review though
It would be nice if the sides had a little 2-3” wall on them
Are you worried about the pressure on the door?
This mower weighs around 600lbs. I’ve loaded this amount of weight before on the tailgate without any problems. I should check the cables and make sure they aren’t rusty. Any more weight than this I probably would take the tailgate off before loading
I use BUNGIE CORDS and love them!
Right on!!
Does your mower need service?
Once a year
You know some legs under there would be a really nice add on. To relieve some weight off or the tail gate. Even if they are 1 or 2 inches off the ground they would prevent some serious injury in case the tailgate breaks. A 2 inch fall is much better than 3 feet.
I didn’t feel like it needed leg support, maybe something that keeps them from sliding
Backing into the truck is slow and not safe.
Drive up and back out slow.
I’d be more worried backing down than up?
@@oxford821 no, there are too many ways to go wrong backing in.
Wet tires slipping, power....
You get the most power driving forward and it's makes sense to use less power backing out.
Enoch was definitely right 😂
Definitely
@@oxford821 how are those ramps holding up for you? I’m putting together a repair business for mowers and I’m looking for a quick simple way to pick up mowers from customers. This eliminates trailers which I use now.
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Right on brother!
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To much work with the rachet straps
Yea, that part sucks, but is there another way to get them from coming off?
You've probably never had a ramp kick out on you. You'll take the couple minutes to apply the ratchet straps once that happens to you one time. Granted, it may never happen with a zero turn because of the smooth wheels and limited power, but I've seen it happen with 4-wheelers a lot. Strap it up buck!
Use cam buckles instead
Yes, I’ve swapped them out already
those small rotating front wheels make me so nervous, I fell off my ramps and bent my zero point, and the tires slip, I just gotta bite the bullet and lay two 1/2" plywood. Loading this way is dangerous.
It’s sketchy