Love the ramp truck! Wish we had more of them in Australia You seen them every now and then but they are very very expensive as they have been imported
@@ConeDodger240 yeah you see a few ramp trucks like the c10chev of f250/350 ramps trucks, most of the ramp trucks you see are ford transit cab chassis or Isuzu trucks that have been converted
For shocks KYB has 2 lines of of up rated shocks for stock ride height . Most of the other shock manufacturers only have up rated shocks for a lifted application.
@@ConeDodger240 I am looking at the gas-a-just for my 92 GMC k1500. www.kyb.com For your ramp truck I would think there monomax would be better for your loaded weight. The gas-a-just might be ok hauling the 240 it's not that heavy and won't be as stiff empty as the monomax
@ConeDodger240 No the front. You were saying that you needed them there in order to prevent the front of your car from contacting the ramp while in motion. My concern is with respect to you ever having to move a vehicle with different measurements. A new acquisition or perhaps your wife's vehicle, for instance. Wouldn't it be better to have them movable. Like on a latch or a heavy pin type system, as opposed to having them permanently fastened?
Instead of relying on a camera, maybe mount a mirror to the truck cab? With swing-out bracket so it's beyond the right side you should be able to see the side of your front right tire, and you can line up with a strip of tape or paint on the bed.
If you dont want the wheels to rub, I sell trucks like the F-450 and F-550s that have all type of bodies put on there by our body companies, they use slats of wood between the frame of the truck and the body and that raises the bed so that once the customer loads the product and squats down it wont rub on the tires, you can probably do that???
The way the bed is built, probably not. They channeled it into the frame pretty good, and I'd rather not raise it and make loading difficult anyway. The good news is, clearance and wheel travel has proven to not be an issue at all, thankfully!
That is interestingly dramatically different than the information zk and I found. we calculated it out to be around 400 feet, which was about the average of a full size truck and trailer without trailer brakes (time and distance were close too)
@@ConeDodger240 From the video, it looked like you traveled approximately 3 lengths of that farm irrigation line that was along the roadside. So figure out how long each of those irrigation sections is, and you should have a pretty accurate braking distance.
Getting the race ramps under the truck ramps is super graceful, love it
F for the drill bits that were lost in the battle of Ramp Pinnings.
A headache rack might be a good idea, all tow trucks have them because it sucks to be hit by your own car in an accident. ;)
Cool truck!
You know, power and grip is good an all...
But what REALLY makes a ride exciting is brakes you can't trust!
Wheel stops do sound like a great idea. I get a little nervous every time you load it!
What a goober sweet ramp,truck.
Genius locking pin idea
Many many trips later and no ramp incidents! *knocks on wood*
Love the ramp truck! Wish we had more of them in Australia
You seen them every now and then but they are very very expensive as they have been imported
I love seeing pictures of ramps in Europe or Australia, they look so out of place. See a lot of ramp vans in Europe, any ramp utes in oz?
@@ConeDodger240 yeah you see a few ramp trucks like the c10chev of f250/350 ramps trucks, most of the ramp trucks you see are ford transit cab chassis or Isuzu trucks that have been converted
Great success!
Are brakes or shocks next on the to do list? Had a lot of fun watching Jessi and Red bounce all around.
Yup! Compiling parts as we speak
For shocks KYB has 2 lines of of up rated shocks for stock ride height . Most of the other shock manufacturers only have up rated shocks for a lifted application.
The ones I have found are the GR2 and Gas-A-Just, kind of fuzzy on info but it seems like the gasajust is the right choice for the application?
A part number or something would be real helpful
@@ConeDodger240 I am looking at the gas-a-just for my 92 GMC k1500. www.kyb.com For your ramp truck I would think there monomax would be better for your loaded weight. The gas-a-just might be ok hauling the 240 it's not that heavy and won't be as stiff empty as the monomax
monomax seems to be available for the rear only as far as I can tell, or find anyway.
Now I'm not a suspension Guru but I grew up around and worked on a lot of short track dirt and asphalt cars
and tow rigs.
What's wrong with installing front stops that can be adjusted?
Bump stops for the rear you mean? We're probably going that route eventually
@ConeDodger240 No the front. You were saying that you needed them there in order to prevent the front of your car from contacting the ramp while in motion. My concern is with respect to you ever having to move a vehicle with different measurements. A new acquisition or perhaps your wife's vehicle, for instance. Wouldn't it be better to have them movable. Like on a latch or a heavy pin type system, as opposed to having them permanently fastened?
@@cailcampbell5890 oh I see, sorry it's been a long time. I ended up putting in an adjustable wheel chock for that reason.
@@ConeDodger240 I see we think the same way! 😊
Instead of relying on a camera, maybe mount a mirror to the truck cab? With swing-out bracket so it's beyond the right side you should be able to see the side of your front right tire, and you can line up with a strip of tape or paint on the bed.
The part I really want to see is the ramps, don't think my eyes are quite good enough to see that in a mirror reflection unfortunately
If you dont want the wheels to rub, I sell trucks like the F-450 and F-550s that have all type of bodies put on there by our body companies, they use slats of wood between the frame of the truck and the body and that raises the bed so that once the customer loads the product and squats down it wont rub on the tires, you can probably do that???
The way the bed is built, probably not. They channeled it into the frame pretty good, and I'd rather not raise it and make loading difficult anyway. The good news is, clearance and wheel travel has proven to not be an issue at all, thankfully!
How long is the bed on the ramp truck
15'
Is 10 seconds good for that breaking?
😬
That is interestingly dramatically different than the information zk and I found.
we calculated it out to be around 400 feet, which was about the average of a full size truck and trailer without trailer brakes (time and distance were close too)
That said..we are hoping to improve that by a lot
@@ConeDodger240 From the video, it looked like you traveled approximately 3 lengths of that farm irrigation line that was along the roadside. So figure out how long each of those irrigation sections is, and you should have a pretty accurate braking distance.
@@rthomp03 From a quick Google I'm guessing they're 100' sections? Which seems to be about what we figured, ~350ft stopping distance