How tall is the gap? Maybe try pressure treated 2x6/8/10 laid side by side? I've seen people with pictures of ramps on here, so I'm sure someone already has the perfect solution for you...
Ideas for a ramp?
I had recently saw the thread about where we store out deeres. and well i dont have a place:crybaby:, i just use a cover. so i decided to get a shed. Yesterday i put some stone down leveled it out, and built the floor to put the shed on but now i have a problem. It is a big step up to the floor, so i need some ideas for a ramp. other wise there will be no way to bring my tractor with snow blower in and out of there with the clearance of the snowblower. :thanku: in advance.
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If you have any stone left over, you could use those as a ramp to get into the shed.
Unfortunately i have no stone left. I am going to go out in a little while and measure how hight the gap is and take a picture. It is raining really hard right now.
Okay wasnt able to get any pics, its still raining...
But it is about 1 ft from the ground to floor.
But it is about 1 ft from the ground to floor.
i would go with a stone ramp (limestone)
I know I saw some short 3 foot aluminum on Ebay recently they might do the trick plus would be easily removable and storable inside your shed.
:ditto:
Beat me to it. While you could build something fairly easily, it would probably be more convenient to just purchase some short ATV ramps. I found this company and they seem to have a good selection. You could probably design some type of pin system to hold the ramps to your shed floor when using them so they don't slip.
http://store.rampconnection.com/section.php?xSec=128
Beat me to it. While you could build something fairly easily, it would probably be more convenient to just purchase some short ATV ramps. I found this company and they seem to have a good selection. You could probably design some type of pin system to hold the ramps to your shed floor when using them so they don't slip.
http://store.rampconnection.com/section.php?xSec=128
I got a section of old conveyor, like the one with the little rollers.
I took the rollers off and bolted some plywood to the sidewalls, it wasn't real heavy but would support a 750 Honda going into the back of a pickup.
The side rails are aluminum on most of the old convetors I believe.
Rob
I took the rollers off and bolted some plywood to the sidewalls, it wasn't real heavy but would support a 750 Honda going into the back of a pickup.
The side rails are aluminum on most of the old convetors I believe.
Rob
the ramps work great until you have something heavy and big you want to pull up there. or something hooked to your tractor at a different wheel width.
Keep a sheet of plywood in the shed and throw it over the ramps for attachments that don't line up with the ramps.the ramps work great until you have something heavy and big you want to pull up there. or something hooked to your tractor at a different wheel width.
Harbor Freight has good ramps. I recently bought the 3 section foldable type to load tractors, etc. in my pickup. Hooked to a shed they would work good.
I also need to walk up it to put stuff in the shed for storage, was totally thinking about the metal ramps though but it would be kinda hard to walk up them
I made some block/pads from a concrete slab pour I did years ago. The extra concrete in the truck which I paid for I was not about to let go somewhere else. So after pouring the slab, my dad and I quickly nailed two 3x4 foot frames together with 2x4's. Well, I've been using one as a ramp to my shed. I just lean it at angle to the doorstep of the shed and I walk up it, run tillers up it etc.
You could just use quickcrete for yours
You could just use quickcrete for yours
I used pressure treated deck lumber (1x6) with 4 uprights cut at an angle and then screwed more decking across the top. Is heavy duty (I drive my Kubota with loader, loaded tires, and boxblade on it). Wasn't that expensive and very easy to make.
Brad
Brad
I used pressure treated 8x8 to contain my stone bed for setting my shed on. Coupled with the 4x4 crossed twice for the floor, my shed was close to 16 inches above my lawn. I went to Lowe's and bought their ground grade 2x6 to make the joists and then their cheapest 5/4 pressure treated decking. This took me only a couple hours, and I expect it to last many years rock solid. I cut a bit of a bow in the tops of the joists (I think you can see that in the first picture) to minimize the angle of approach at the door. And for dealing with PA frost heave, I left a gap at the door. I did not actually tie the ramp to the shed so they could move independently of each other. It turns out the ramp raises a little depending on depth of frost each winter, but never so much that it interferes with the door swing. All lumber is 8', no trimming.
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Well done. Very nice shed and ramp!I used pressure treated 8x8 to contain my stone bed for setting my shed on. Coupled with the 4x4 crossed twice for the floor, my shed was close to 16 inches above my lawn. I went to Lowe's and bought their ground grade 2x6 to make the joists and then their cheapest 5/4 pressure treated decking. This took me only a couple hours, and I expect it to last many years rock solid. I cut a bit of a bow in the tops of the joists (I think you can see that in the first picture) to minimize the angle of approach at the door. And for dealing with PA frost heave, I left a gap at the door. I did not actually tie the ramp to the shed so they could move independently of each other. It turns out the ramp raises a little depending on depth of frost each winter, but never so much that it interferes with the door swing. All lumber is 8', no trimming.
Full throttle.....dump the clutch.....and it will go right up 
If you don't mind me acking what size shed did you do there? Thank you.I used pressure treated 8x8 to contain my stone bed for setting my shed on. Coupled with the 4x4 crossed twice for the floor, my shed was close to 16 inches above my lawn. I went to Lowe's and bought their ground grade 2x6 to make the joists and then their cheapest 5/4 pressure treated decking. This took me only a couple hours, and I expect it to last many years rock solid. I cut a bit of a bow in the tops of the joists (I think you can see that in the first picture) to minimize the angle of approach at the door. And for dealing with PA frost heave, I left a gap at the door. I did not actually tie the ramp to the shed so they could move independently of each other. It turns out the ramp raises a little depending on depth of frost each winter, but never so much that it interferes with the door swing. All lumber is 8', no trimming.
No trouble at all, it's a 12x20', and technically a garage by virtue of closer floor joists and thicker deck. It really didn't cost that much more, and I assumed it would be sturdier for whatever I run in there.If you don't mind me acking what size shed did you do there? Thank you.
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