My newest project ...

[CasKru]

Decided to build a ramp so I can clean the underside with high pressure washer after playing in mud :)

Still in progress but...

[OOOOMS]

Clever Suppose it was after our playing at Diggers.....

Now, if you very clever, you just extend this idea, and buid a jungle gym for Rubin He can play on his half and you on yours

[Mud Dog]

That's actually not a bad idea at all Cassie. You could incorporate it into a kid's jungle-gym as well so that it's not a freestanding, out-of-place eyesore in your garden. The safety issue is the first thing that came to mind though. The two upright supports are not sufficient on their own and need to be 'back-braced' .... the jungle-gym can incorporate these back-braces, and the ramp poles need to be secured together so that they don't part and let the wheel slip through. Hoop iron, thicker wire or even rope can achieve this but rope won't last long.

[Mud Dog]

Mark cheated, and slipped his post in while I was typing (slow with 2 fingers as usual)!!!

[legend35]

Dit lyk goed Cassie.Ek is seker dit maak die lewe makliker.Ek gebruik die staal ramps maar moet hulle dra tot waar ek wil was en hulle is nogal swaar.

[Family_Dog]

Looks cool, Cassie, but I have to ask this question: How do you enter & exit the vehicle once it's on the ramp?


You'll need another ramp for that!


-F_D

[Mud Dog]

Looks cool, Cassie, but I have to ask this question: How do you enter & exit the vehicle once it's on the ramp?


You'll need another ramp for that!


-F_D

"L" shaped jungle-gym extension will work!

[Engel]

ek wil net weet hoe klim jy met jou ronne lyfie in en uit!

uit is maklik, maar in?

[CasKru]

Looks cool, Cassie, but I have to ask this question: How do you enter & exit the vehicle once it's on the ramp?


You'll need another ramp for that!


-F_D

When you reverse up... not too much of a problem... but if you go nose first...... I'll have to tie a rope ladder of some sort to the rock sliders... :)

Andy... those two uprights is 300mm treated poles with a crossbeam on top. The two ramps is 3X175mm poles (3m lengths) bolted together with 2x 12mm S/S steel rods and bolted onto the cross beam with 2X12mm S/S bolts.

The two uprights were concreted into two holes each 1m in depth. The concrete has been poured a few weeks ago.

Must say... it is a sturdy as any. I will maybe consider adding two diagonal supports behind the two uprights.

[Sifu-Lux]

Nice ramp !!! This is like that Windhoek lager ad where the guy's wife gets him to go and buy all the plants and bricks for her new Water Feature, and he goes and builds a braai :)

[CasKru]

Nice ramp !!! This is like that Windhoek lager ad where the guy's wife gets him to go and buy all the plants and bricks for her new Water Feature, and he goes and builds a braai :)

Ed Xackery

I will post a pic of the completed ramp. In the pictures above, I wa only 2/3 done :)

[SuidWes]

Cassie, dit lyk goed

Jy het seker gesien dat daar 'n "guide" op die linkerkant se pak vere weg is Pasop dat die veer nie meer draai en die band beskadig nie....

[Mr_B]

Well spotted Jaco... better fix that quick before trouble!

mr b

[Mud Dog]

When you reverse up... not too much of a problem... but if you go nose first...... I'll have to tie a rope ladder of some sort to the rock sliders... :)

Andy... those two uprights is 300mm treated poles with a crossbeam on top. The two ramps is 3X175mm poles (3m lengths) bolted together with 2x 12mm S/S steel rods and bolted onto the cross beam with 2X12mm S/S bolts.

The two uprights were concreted into two holes each 1m in depth. The concrete has been poured a few weeks ago.

Must say... it is a sturdy as any. I will maybe consider adding two diagonal supports behind the two uprights.

Maybe for now Cassie, but what about if the soil gets very wet, or in time when the timber starts to rot where it enters the concrete (the concrete should rise above the soil level and be sloped away from the pole). My comments are not at all critical, but rather out of concern for your safety.

[CasKru]

Cassie, dit lyk goed

Jy het seker gesien dat daar 'n "guide" op die linkerkant se pak vere weg is Pasop dat die veer nie meer draai en die band beskadig nie....

Thanks meneer... Het daai een ook al gesien. Hy lyk al vir meer as 2 jaar so en die vere darem nog nie verder gedraai nie

Andy... thanks. Didn't take it as negative. :) The poles has been placed in the hole and the concrete then poured in so that should the water seep in from the top, it can drain out at the bottom. I did not think about the raising the concrete so it slopes away from the pole.

[Mud Dog]

A common practise for future reference is to throw a bed of stone chips (about 200mm thick) into the hole befor planting and concreting the pole. This creates a sort of 'french drain' under the pole that keeps wet soil away from the absorbant 'end-grain' under the ground.

[andrevt]

nou net nog n sandpit bou daar vir die landies om in vas te sit

[Mud Dog]

nou net nog n sandpit bou daar vir die landies om in vas te sit

Or to absorb the leaking oil

[CasKru]

nou net nog n sandpit bou daar vir die landies om in vas te sit

Wat meen jy? Hulle gaan dit nie eers by my driveway opmaak nie :)

A common practise for future reference is to throw a bed of stone chips (about 200mm thick) into the hole befor planting and concreting the pole. This creates a sort of 'french drain' under the pole that keeps wet soil away from the absorbant 'end-grain' under the ground.

You see now... this is what you get if you just jump in and start doing something. If I asked around a bit before a started, I could have made it even better.

[DOELLOOS]

Ek sou net twee lekker groot klippe weerskante van mekaar daar neergesit het om op te ry, en sommer my rock crawling ook terselftertyd beoefen het. Klippe is mos nie swaar nie...

[CasKru]

Ek sou net twee lekker groot klippe weerskante van mekaar daar neergesit het om op te ry, en sommer my rock crawling ook terselftertyd beoefen het. Klippe is mos nie swaar nie...

Dis jammer ek het nie daaraan gedink nie... kon sommer een in elke hand gedra het

[DOELLOOS]

Iets soos dit...

[CasKru]

Ag maklik... en dan sal ek nog 'n hand oop hê om my bier vas te hou

[Mud Dog]

nou net nog n sandpit bou daar vir die landies om in vas te sit

Wat meen jy? Hulle gaan dit nie eers by my driveway opmaak nie :)

A common practise for future reference is to throw a bed of stone chips (about 200mm thick) into the hole befor planting and concreting the pole. This creates a sort of 'french drain' under the pole that keeps wet soil away from the absorbant 'end-grain' under the ground.

You see now... this is what you get if you just jump in and start doing something. If I asked around a bit before a started, I could have made it even better.

Not a train smash Cas (I did say for future ref. ), still a good idea, and it will still work well.

[legend35]

Mud Dog wrote:
A common practise for future reference is to throw a bed of stone chips (about 200mm thick) into the hole befor planting and concreting the pole. This creates a sort of 'french drain' under the pole that keeps wet soil away from the absorbant 'end-grain' under the ground.

Now that is a good idea.It can even work for steel.Andy,you must be a genius

[LouisZ]

As 'n Man kan Kan Hy!!

[Mud Dog]

Yeah, I've been told I have the brains of two people .......

Laurel & Hardy!

[CasKru]

Yeah, I've been told I have the brains of two people .......

Laurel & Hardy!

And if I get one more brain cell... It would be alone :)

Some people learn out of other peoples faults and some of us is the other people :evil:

[DOELLOOS]

Toemaar Cassie, jy het miskien nie die breins en die looks nie, maar jy het darem...uhm, ja, wel, 'n hilux. Ja, jy het darem 'n Hilux...

[CasKru]

Toemaar Cassie, jy het miskien nie die breins en die looks nie, maar jy het darem...uhm, ja, wel, 'n hilux. Ja, jy het darem 'n Hilux...

En hy kan al kan ek nie :)