Gentlemen, I don't know about you lot but I have had a hot but excellent day. My first trip to Dorset has meant that I have had to service and prepare the Caravan which was laid up for a year because I was given a temporary car and I won't spend money for a tow bar for a vehicle that I will only have for a year. this has also meant that to transport my engine etc to Dorset requires a pair of ramps to load said lump into the van, unfortunately the design of modern van and particularly mine means that the "Bumper" is not designed to support weight so I have had to be a little clever in my design. This involved the purchase of a pair of ex-military stretcher runners out of a Land Rover Ambulance which I have cut and welded so that eighteen inches of the ramp lay flat on the floor of the van and clear the bumper before they drop to the ground. I also intend screwing some small plates to the wooden floor so that I can peg the ramps into predrilled holes to stop movement. I have one other job and that is to modify a pair of surplus axle stands to support the ramps midway as added protection and they are made from 4mm folded section which when in place support a twenty one stone man(me) but better safe than sorry.
Martin P