Hi Guys and Gals,

I need a ramp to put my new to me next week R1200RS in and out of a container. I am in the UK. Does anyone have any ideas? People have suggested wheelchair ramps. If anyone has used anything they could recommend I would appreciate it. ?

cheers

Rich

Welcome to the site.
Do you have tools so you can make one out of wood?

(01-30-2023, 05:34 AM)venture007 Wrote: Hi Guys and Gals,

I need a ramp to put my new to me next week R1200RS in and out of a container. I am in the UK. Does anyone have any ideas? People have suggested wheelchair ramps. If anyone has used anything they could recommend I would appreciate it. ?

cheers

Rich

Welcome to the Forum, Rich.

Please provide some more details about the container (what it is being used for - we can only assume it's a shipping container - and why you are doing the loading, etc.) and how far it would be off the ground. These would help to inform the responses.

Hopefully there would be some good UK-based responses that may be more precise for your situation. Ramps are not standardized so it would be hard to comment on whether "wheelchair ramps" would be suitable. A quick search of UK-based suppliers yielded these sorts of ramps that I would think would be needed.

I made a ramp very similar to the one in the video for my lower garage which has a 7 inch step to get in it.
I can move the ramp myself.
I store the snow blower in that section of the garage in the summer and the riding mover in the winter.
The ramp is also strong enough to get a motorcycle in there if I need to.
The nice thing about wood is you can custom make the height to match your shipping container door.

You have to turn the volume up and down in the video.

https://youtu.be/s_Vop3Xb-L4

(01-30-2023, 08:33 AM)Lee Wrote: I made a ramp very similar to the one in the video for my lower garage which has a 7 inch step to get in it.
I can move the ramp myself.
I store the snow blower in that section of the garage in the summer and the riding mover in the winter.
The ramp is also strong enough to get a motorcycle in there if I need to.
The nice thing about wood is you can custom make the height to match your shipping container door.

You have to turn the volume up and down in the video.

https://youtu.be/s_Vop3Xb-L4

Thanks, Lee, I will take a look. I am not that handy though ?although I probably know people who are.

(01-30-2023, 08:23 AM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:

(01-30-2023, 05:34 AM)venture007 Wrote: Hi Guys and Gals,

I need a ramp to put my new to me next week R1200RS in and out of a container. I am in the UK. Does anyone have any ideas? People have suggested wheelchair ramps. If anyone has used anything they could recommend I would appreciate it. ?

cheers

Rich

Welcome to the Forum, Rich.

Please provide some more details about the container (what it is being used for - we can only assume it's a shipping container - and why you are doing the loading, etc.) and how far it would be off the ground. These would help to inform the responses.

Hopefully there would be some good UK-based responses that may be more precise for your situation. Ramps are not standardized so it would be hard to comment on whether "wheelchair ramps" would be suitable. A quick search of UK-based suppliers yielded these sorts of ramps that I would think would be needed.

I am going to store my bike in an 8 ft shipping container as I have no garage. The container will be about 6 inches high from floor to entrance height. I am going to measure it on Thursday so will know exactly. I guess as only partial weight will be on it and it does not need to be long it won't need to be too industrial. Suggestions of just making one seem reasonable but if it's not too tall I can probably get a curb ramp for £30. The wood and nails and time would cost me more than that probably LOL.

(01-30-2023, 03:07 PM)venture007 Wrote: I am going to store my bike in an 8 ft shipping container as I have no garage. The container will be about 6 inches high from floor to entrance height. I am going to measure it on Thursday so will know exactly. I guess as only partial weight will be on it and it does not need to be long it won't need to be too industrial. Suggestions of just making one seem reasonable but if it's not too tall I can probably get a curb ramp for £30. The wood and nails and time would cost me more than that probably LOL.

Amazing what a little bit of clarification can do.

So now we know that the container will not be moving and will only be 6" off the ground, then the ramps I suggested are overkill, and the wooden ramp that Lee suggested along with the video is more along the lines of what is needed.

AAMOF, it too may be overkill especially if you're not handy. The 6" inch height can probably be overcome without any ramp whatsoever, but if you do want to "soften" that rise, you could get some lumber about 3 - 4 ft long and stack them up, and use long nails to affix them to each other.

(01-30-2023, 03:07 PM)venture007 Wrote: The container will be about 6 inches high from floor to entrance height. I am going to measure it on Thursday so will know exactly.

Unless you have a level concrete surface to set the container on you'll need to take into account some leveling blocks under the container.

I've dealt with something similar when I needed to roll a bike into a container.

If you’re looking for something that’ll give you peace of mind when loading in and out, a heavy-duty ramp made for containers is worth it, especially for the bigger bikes. For anyone in NZ, finding car ramps nz or a ramp for a container should bring up some good local options.

(01-30-2023, 05:10 PM)Lee Wrote:

(01-30-2023, 03:07 PM)venture007 Wrote: The container will be about 6 inches high from floor to entrance height. I am going to measure it on Thursday so will know exactly.

Unless you have a level concrete surface to set the container on you'll need to take into account some leveling blocks under the container.

Just an inch or two higher than your typical "Amish Barn" ramp.....  I would suggest a 4-ft lateral length (run) to ease the task.

Think of the satisfaction you'll feel when you're sipping your first cup of coffee and looking at the ramp that you built.

Perhaps you could adapt a curb ramp, as someone has already suggested. Something like this.