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  GORDON July 20, 2019 at 10:22am

  Imo and experience ramps of this type are completely unnecessary and actually not even practical for the average mower. 

  I used one solid length of marine ply, only about 15mm thick, will never break, light enough, slide it on its edge against the mower when finish, One swift positioning operation to unload and the same to reload, very cheap. No messing about with positioning 2 bits of metal which can be cold wet and slippery.

  No damage to the roller which was your concern, no or little damage to your vehicle should the ramp slip..

   

  Last used with a Weibang 48 pro and they are heavy, no problem.  

   
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    Chris Powell > GORDON July 22, 2019 at 9:37am

    Thanks Gordon
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    Chris Powell July 22, 2019 at 9:37am

    Thanks Martin
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  Neil Darby July 21, 2019 at 11:11pm

  I have something similar, but folding motor bike ramps x2. Each take 150kg. No issues with the roller on Weibang48 pro, as Gordon says, it's a heavy machine.

  At the time of getting these I was working out of a Vauxhall combo, so not much spare room for full length boards of ply or scaffold. Now I have a larger vehicle I could use something else but have the ramps.

  Just be aware of scuffing/ scratching your bumper with whatever you use if the vehicle is worth looking after.
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    Chris Powell > Neil Darby July 22, 2019 at 9:38am

    Thanks Neil
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  Jim Gibbon July 22, 2019 at 7:27am

  I used a set of those for a little while Chris and then abandoned them in favour of a couple of lengths of decking board. They take up too much room in the van and are horrible to handle. A couple of planks in the van are useful for all sorts of other things as well.
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    Chris Powell > Jim Gibbon July 22, 2019 at 9:39am

    Thanks Jim
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    Tony @SM > Jim Gibbon July 22, 2019 at 6:15pm

    I agree. I use two lengths of planks, aprox 9"x2". Sturdy enough to not even bend and as Jim says, they are useful for all manner of other things too. They are plenty strong enough for the heaviest of pedestrian roleer mowers.
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  Gary RK July 22, 2019 at 9:05am

  For pedestrian roller mowers, a single scaffold plank is normally sufficient (covered with chicken wire on top) and can easily be slotted down the side of a van.

  For ride-ons, we tend to use the one-piece ramps just due to the weight of a ride-on & rider when loading/unloading (although we have the folding ones as well) and slot them under or across the rear of the ride-ons out of the way. If the ramps are too short, you'll ground-out the deck of a ride-on as it it enteres the van - so beware..

  Also, if you use ZT mowers, often better to reverse up ramps as it is possible to flip a ZT at top of ramps
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    Chris Powell > Gary RK July 22, 2019 at 9:41am

    Thanks Gary

    Judging most of the comments, I think I'll go down the scaffold plank/wooden route.

    Thanks for all the comments guys, apprecaited.

    Chris