Recommendations for loading ramps?

[Milwrdfan]

What have people used for loading ramps on their Mavericks? Looking for something that works well both with the tailgate attached and down, as well as situations where the tailgate is removed (due to weight of the load being rolled up into the bed being more than I want to put on the tailgate cables). So would need some sort of lip to hook over the liftgate edge, as well as something that would load into the bed at a level height, but clear the plastic bumper.

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[Master Blaster]

I have a set of Erikson 8' trifold ramps that are way overbuilt and could easily hold 1,000lbs, for about CDN$180 at Princess Auto. They fold up to about 3' long and have a chain to latch to the lower tiedown points to hold them from slipping. I use them to load a power wheelchair that only weighs about 125lbs.

I also have a 6' bifold kit that you have to add your own wood to. It folds to about 3.5' long, made by Western Steel & Tube Company in Manitoba. It would only hold about 500lbs safely, due to its lower-profile construction. It was only about CDN$90 plus some scrap machinery packing crate wood. The angle to the pavement on the bifold is too high to get the wheelchair up, so I got the 8' trifold set instead and used it as a rear door ramp on the house.

 

[Brianx]

Anyone know what the weight limit is for the tailgate? Imma guess 300 lb-ish

 

[Waterick]

Anyone know what the weight limit is for the tailgate? Imma guess 300 lb-ish

A quick search on this forum using the Google search yields as much as 500 pounds both midway and full down.

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