Site essentials

Aluminium loading ramps

You want to drive your mini-excavator onto a trailer or a bed under its own power.
Three points decide:
the mass of the machine compared with the capacity of the ramps in the same terms, the height of the bed, the running gear and the track gauge.
A photo of the machine and of the edge of the bed is enough to start.

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On the left, two aluminium ramps hooked onto the bed, the mini-excavator has driven straight up on its tracks. On the right, on two planks laid instead, one track of the same mini-excavator has slipped off the side. Computer-generated image. — **Left:** two aluminium ramps hooked onto the bed, the mini-excavator has driven straight up on its tracks. **Right:** on two planks laid instead, one track of the same mini-excavator has slipped off the side. Computer-generated image.

A pair of aluminium ramps, hooked onto the edge of the bed.
The mini-excavator drives up them on its tracks or tyres,
and the ramps travel with the machine for the return.

Other names for this product: aluminium ramps, mini-excavator ramps, trailer ramps, access ramps, loading bridges, climbing ramps.

The essentials

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Material: Aluminium, with a non-slip surface
Laying: In pairs, hooked onto the bed, spaced to the machine's track gauge
Carrier machine: None, the machine drives onto them

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01 Use

What they are for

**Left:** two aluminium ramps hooked onto the bed, the mini-excavator has driven straight up on its tracks.
**Right:** on two planks laid instead, one track of the same mini-excavator has slipped off the side.
What sets them apart:
being light, they are put in place without lifting equipment, and their end hooks onto the bed while the machine drives up.
Computer-generated image.

A loading ramp is an inclined plane linking the ground to the bed of a vehicle.
In pairs, one under each track or each wheel, the ramps let the machine drive up under its own power:
no crane and no loading dock.

They are used by landscapers, hire companies and contractors who move a mini-excavator, a compact loader or a small tractor on a trailer or a flatbed.
When the low-loader has no built-in ramps, they take their place.

Aluminium makes them light:
depending on their size, they are put in place by hand and stowed under the bed or against the machine.
Their surface is designed for the grip of rubber tracks, steel tracks or tyres, depending on the model.

A ramp is chosen with the machine. Its length sets the slope of the climb, its end must match the edge of the bed, and its width the track or the tyre.
A capacity stated by a maker may be per pair, per ramp or per axle:
it is compared with the same quantity on the machine side, in the maker's instructions, never with a generic figure.

02 What we check with you

On which machine?

Ramps are not fitted to any machine: the machine drives up onto them.
They hook onto the bed in pairs, spaced to the machine's track gauge.
Your machine's weight, its track gauge, its tracks or tyres and its wheelbase: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What the tool does

They are used to drive the machine up onto a bed.
They are made of aluminium, with a non-slip surface.
The bed height, the ramp length, their capacity and their weight: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

They need no power source: the machine drives up onto them.

Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

The track gauge sets the spacing of the two ramps on the bed.
On tyres, the wheelbase is the distance between the axles:
the load reaches the ramp axle by axle.
On tracks, the contact length is the length of track resting on the ramp:
the load is spread over it.

The ramps

Bed height: we calculate it with you for your machine measured from the ground to the edge of the bed
Ramp length: we calculate it with you for your machine it sets the slope of the climb
Capacity per pair: we calculate it with you for your machine both ramps together, with the whole machine on them, according to the maker's instructions
Capacity per ramp: we calculate it with you for your machine one ramp under one track or one line of wheels, according to the maker's instructions
Capacity per axle: we calculate it with you for your machine wheeled machine, compared with the most heavily loaded axle, according to the maker's instructions
Mass of one ramp: we calculate it with you for your machine it decides whether it can be handled by hand

By excavator class

Micro-excavator, up to 2 t: we calculate it with you for your machine operating weight, track width and track gauge
Mini-excavator, 2 to 5 t: we calculate it with you for your machine operating weight, track width and track gauge
Excavator, 5 to 10 t: we calculate it with you for your machine operating weight, track width and track gauge
Excavator from 10 to 20 t: we calculate it with you for your machine operating weight, track width and track gauge
Excavator over 20 t: we calculate it with you for your machine operating weight, track width and track gauge

Don't have these figures?
A photo of the machine is enough to start.

03 Your study

Have your site checked.

Describe the machine to load and the vehicle that carries it.
State whether the ramps stay with the machine or with the vehicle.

What we need to answer you

The machine Its make, its type and its weight with the tool fitted.
The running gear Rubber tracks, steel tracks or tyres, and their width.
The vehicle Trailer, flatbed or low-loader, and the height of its bed.
The edge of the bed A photo of the place where the ramps will hook on.
Storage Under the bed, against the machine, or in the vehicle.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

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Or call 01 84 16 55 49 · our lines are open 7 days a week, from 7h to 22h.

Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

04 Choice

What determines the choice

Each point says what changes the choice.
The values, we check them in your carrier's instructions and in the tool's.

01 — The machine and its mass Mini-excavator, compact loader, small tractor:
the mass is taken in working order, with the tool fitted.
It is compared with the capacity of the ramps in the same terms, per pair, per ramp or per axle, in the maker's instructions.
02 — The bed height Low trailer or high flatbed:
the higher the bed, the longer the ramp must be to keep a slope the machine can climb.
03 — The running gear Rubber tracks, steel tracks or tyres:
the surface of the ramp and its width are chosen with it.
04 — The hook-on Hook, bearing plate or pin:
the end of the ramp is chosen with the edge of the bed that receives it.

05 Check

What is checked before ordering

The permitted load It is checked against the actual weight of the machine, tool fitted, not against a figure read on its own.
The slope The length of the ramps is checked against the actual height of the bed and against what the machine's manual allows.
The hook-on The end of the ramps is compared with the actual edge of the bed:
a badly hooked ramp can slip while the machine drives up.
Transporting the ramps Their length and weight decide where they travel with the machine.

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