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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 03:52 PM
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It's not like that I'm just saying that for $700 a person would be better off getting a trailer or a set of aluminum ramps cause the way the ramp folds up and locks into place of your tailgate most quads wouldn't fit into the back of the truck. It's a decent idea but I can't see paying $700 for the thing when you can buy other options for less. I don't want to give anyone the impression that I hate this company or anything, I just don't like the thing for $700. I got a brand new two place Triton tilt for $981 out the door, I could have gone with a cheaper brand but I believe you get what you pay for.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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the local lawnmower shop has something like this on the back of their service truck

its a 2 piece,,,that when closed is about 4' high (8 foot total length)

its spring loaded and opens/closes really easy

I too could think of a better way to spend $700
 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Originally posted by: silverbullet2005
If you check out the new review on the atv connection startup page for the tailgate ramp let us know what you think. maybe I am the only one who thinks that it is kind of a stupid idea but who knows right, I don't know about the rest of you but my Polaris 700EFI doesn't fit in the back of my 2004 Dodge Ram short box so unless you have a longbed pickup or a small quad the tailgate ramp is a bad idea. plus it looks like crap in my opinion, sounds like an invention from a lazy person who didn't want to put the atv ramp in and out of the back of his pickup. what do the rest of you think.

i fit my 800EFI in the back of my dads 2000 F-250 Superduty shortbed diesel and the tailgate closes
 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 06:42 PM
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well if it doenst fit in your truck then dont buy the ramps... simple as that. my uncles 700efi will fit in the back of my dads ford. but if you prefer a trailerthen buy it, if you prefer your pick up bed buy ramps.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 07:59 PM
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sorry if I have offended anyone, I didn't realize an 800 would fit in the back of a new ford with the tailgate closed. I wish chevy and dodge could add a few more inches so the tailgate would close with a larger quad in the back. I bought the trailer for when I haul my quad and my wifes quad, I like my tri-fold ramp for hauling just the one quad. during winter I will probably use the trailer more to haul the quad since I have the plow attached.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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Originally posted by: silverbullet2005
sorry if I have offended anyone, I didn't realize an 800 would fit in the back of a new ford with the tailgate closed. I wish chevy and dodge could add a few more inches so the tailgate would close with a larger quad in the back. I bought the trailer for when I haul my quad and my wifes quad, I like my tri-fold ramp for hauling just the one quad. during winter I will probably use the trailer more to haul the quad since I have the plow attached.

you didnt offend anyone im pretty sure, but i gotta gree 700 for a ramp is pretty stiff.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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my tailgate almost closes on the mazda....i use a webbing strap to hold it in place. o ya ... i put it in backwards so the winch dosent go through the windshield!...look at my pics......i just lock my ramp upin the back of the truck.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 08:41 PM
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$700 for ramps is a pure waste of money.

i agree with you Silverbullet, it's ugly.

 
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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It does seem somewhat expensive. However, for someone that needs to load and unload an ATV many times each day and does not want a trailer, this solution looks like it could be quite useful. I like my trailer because I open the door and it becomes a large ramp. This solution for the pickup seems similar only no trailer. I think of it more as a convenience.
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 10:23 PM
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Originally posted by: silverbullet2005
sorry if I have offended anyone, I didn't realize an 800 would fit in the back of a new ford with the tailgate closed. I wish chevy and dodge could add a few more inches so the tailgate would close with a larger quad in the back. I bought the trailer for when I haul my quad and my wifes quad, I like my tri-fold ramp for hauling just the one quad. during winter I will probably use the trailer more to haul the quad since I have the plow attached.

the bed of a f-250 is 6 1/2 feet, when the 800 is in there, its not even touching the glass and theres 3 inches to spair in the bed, and PLENTY of width, even in my brothers tiney half ton F-150, it snuggly fits with the tailgate closed, everything made by americans is big, polaris, ford, same thing [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
 
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