Loading Ramp For Farm Trucks

Loading Ramp For Farm Trucks TRUCKS Accessories 5-5-34 Your farm truck can do extra duty with a new combination portable loading ramp and bed extension from J-T-B Mfg., Jeffersontown, Kty. The new ramp weighs less than 1,000 lbs., yet can support a payload of up to 14,000 lbs. It eliminates the need for an extra low-type implement trailer behind the truck or a "roll-back" bed. As a bed extension, the ramp adds four extra feet to the truck-bed for added cargo capacity. Since the ramp angle is adjustable, it may add versatility to "tilt-bed" trucks that are too steep to load implements normally. The angle is low enough that low-slung tractors and implements with as little as 12 in. of bottom clearance can be driven onto the truck bed. To install, a mounting bracket is welded or bolted onto the back of the truck. Then, just four pull-pins attach the ramp to the bracket. "It takes one man just 10 minutes to attach or detach the ramp from the truck," ex-plains Bill Power, co-owner of J-T-B Mfg. After detaching, the legs extend down to make the ramp free-standing and ready to hook up the next time. The heavy, steel spring-assisted wheel ramps can be raised and lowered by one man. Then, the bed extension can be locked in place horizontally and used to extend the truck bed for carrying extra hay, lumber, feed or other supplies. With plywood overlays across the wheel ramps, the J-T-B ramp can also be used to run livestock into a truck. Power points out that the ramp is legal in every state. A safety light package is included. Sells for $1,995. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, J-T-B Mfg. Co., 9801 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown, Kty. 40299 (ph 502 267-9163).

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