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Machine carriers, platforms and trailers
Explore our selection of aluminum ramps designed for loading heavy equipment onto flatbed trucks, flatbed trailers, or other transport vehicles.
Make it easier to load wheeled vehicles, rubber-tracked vehicles, and machines equipped with solid tires or steel tracks. Complete your setup with flatbed extensions and articulating tailgates tailored to your needs.
FAQ – Equipment Carriers, Flatbeds, and Trailers
What ramps are suitable for a 2.5-ton mini-excavator?
The choice of ramps depends on the mini-excavator’s total weight, the type of tracks, and the height of the equipment carrier or trailer. For a 2.5-ton mini-excavator, it is important to choose ramps with an appropriate load capacity.
Which ramps are suitable for steel tracks?
Machines equipped with steel tracks require reinforced ramps specifically designed to withstand heavy mechanical stress and wear. Reinforced models with a suitable surface allow for the safe loading of excavators, loaders, and other construction machinery with steel tracks.
You should choose AVS/VFR-type ramps or AVS ramps specifically designed for steel tracks.
How do you load an aerial work platform onto a trailer?
Loading an aerial work platform onto a trailer requires ramps suited to the equipment’s weight and ground clearance. A sufficient length reduces the angle of ascent and ensures safe access. It is also advisable to verify the ramps’ compatibility with the aerial work platform’s specific tires or wheels.
Which ramp for a van, flatbed, or dump truck?
The choice of ramp depends on the vehicle used, the loading height, and the equipment to be loaded. Aluminum ramps can be used on vans, flatbed trailers, or dump trucks to load construction machinery, agricultural equipment, lawn mowers, ATVs, or mobile equipment.
Can a forklift be loaded using aluminum ramps?
Yes, provided that aluminum ramps specifically designed for heavy rolling loads and solid-tire wheels are used. The load capacity, weight distribution, dimensional constraints, and type of wheels on the forklift must be taken into account to ensure safe loading.
Questions & Answers
How do I choose my ramps?
The choice of your ramps depends on a number of criteria: the type of equipment, the weight of the equipment and the height difference to be negotiated, which will determine the length, the suitable running surface and the gradient. EX: Equipment to be loaded: agricultural tractor, weight of equipment: 3.5T, difference in height to be negotiated: 900mm, the ramp will need to be 3m60 long, adapted to the tyres to cope with a gradient of 30%.
How do I calculate the slope?
Calculate the gradient: length (mm) = difference in height to be negotiated (mm) / gradient (%) x 100
How can I ensure that the ramp is stable?
For the ramp to be stable, it must be placed on flat, loose ground to avoid any risk of tipping over, and the ramps must be fixed to the vehicle floor.
What fixings are provided for ramps?
As standard, the ramps are supplied with a pierced support lip to be fixed to the vehicle floor using a stud supplied with the ramps. Other types of fixing are available depending on your requirements (available on the technical data sheet).
Can a ramp have side edges?
Depending on the type of ramp, side rails may be fitted as standard or as an option. Consult our technical data sheets
Is it possible to have a folding ramp?
Standard folding ramps are available for LCVs and vans, and optional ramps are available on models for equipment carriers, flatbeds and trailers.
Is it possible to have a fixed ramp?
Fixed ramps are available for all models
Can a ramp be used for a variety of purposes?
Yes, the ramp can be adapted to different heights, but the minimum and maximum height of the ramp must be respected
Do the ramps have a running surface suitable for loading?
Yes, the ramps have different running surfaces suitable for castors, pneumatic tyres, rubber or steel tracks and tyred wheels
Do you have a safety coefficient?
Yes, the elastic limit is 2.1: the ramp returns to position without deformation at 210% of the nominal load