On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 17:00:27 -0400, Meanie wrote:

On 6/29/2018 9:17 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
Ron wrote:

I'm thinking of making a motorcycle ramp 8 ft long & 3 ft wide with
3/4 inch plywood to load a 600 lb bike on a car hauler trailer. Will
the 3/4 " plywood hold the weight?

i'll just leave this here . . .

https://www.youtube.com/embed/XRvuuCzckJU?
autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3&rel=0

https://www.youtube.com/embed/GPVCY59F1KE?
autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3&rel=0


I'm amazed (not really) at the lack of thinking from many of the loaders
in the videos.

There seems to be a common thread in these episodes: a failure to
understand that maintaining balance on any two-wheeled conveyance
requires significant forward speed.

In some cases, this is replaced by the failure to recognize that the
speed sufficient to get up the ramp while maintaining balance simply
*cannot* be shed in just a couple of feet.

Of course, the folks who had the good sense to walk their bikes up the
ramps didn't have the sort of outcome that would have resulted in being
included in these vids...