Ramp Support Patent

[revrnd]

Brother sent me this link today:

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/12/gm-files-patent-for-pickup-truck-tailgate-ramp-support/&ved=2ahUKEwintb2xnYqKAxWAFVkFHVlvMjIQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw282F_ZDjdqadMie9Ig8hM5

 

Has anyone heard about this (post was last year)? As someone who hauls a snowmobile in the back, it would make ramp attachment more secure. I use a pair of ratchet straps to the safety chain holes to hold the ramp in place.

Edited 21 hours ago by revrnd

[Crazy Canuck]

Have not but i have been hesitant to use ramps at all with the multipro gate.  I think my Outlander weighs in at 800 lbs at least, those little hinges don't pass the smell test for me.

[revrnd]

13 minutes ago, Crazy Canuck said:

Have not but i have been hesitant to use ramps at all with the multipro gate.  I think my Outlander weighs in at 800 lbs at least, those little hinges don't pass the smell test for me.

 

They show a strip of lumber to rest the ramp on. I have a tri-fold ramp for loading my sled. There isn't much to on the ramp to 'butt up against' the top of the tailgate to start. Add a piece of plywood to spread the load like they show in the manual, & you reduce that.

 

 

Funny that in the article they mention hauling a garden tractor in the back (seldom if ever see that around here) but no mention of snowmbiles, which are quite common across the snow belt.