Here is my loading ramp. Works well.
Back a lot of years I built this loading ramp. Makes loading a sled in a 6 1/2' or 8' box very easy. Light enough that one person can carry it. Everything is adjustable for different trucks or sleds with different width skis.
Remove endgate, ramp fastens and balances on endgate mounts.
Sled can be locked to ramp and ramp locked to truck.
Pull out ramp slide, as you drive up the ramp slide the outside rails lift/carry the skis on the inside 1/2 with the carbide not touching. At 1/2 way on the skis transfer onto the rails that lift/carry the outside of the skis.
Just before fully on the track climbs onto the track deck that lifts the track/sled enough so ramp can be slid in under the sled without catching track. I've built the track deck several different heights to accomodate deep lug tracks.
As sled approaches being fully on the ramp main part tilts, settling in truck and lifting the slide out part,it's light. Push in sliding ramp, fasten chain trough track and ramp, add lock and drive away.
With reverse unlock and unload in reverse order.
Without reverse unlock, pull sled back about 2' by hand. Pullout ramp about 1/2 way or a little more, push end of ramp to ground and sled will slide off, don't get run over.
The pics are in order as you would load.
