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Originally Posted by jkd
That theory doesn't hold water because of the fact that the long wheelbase ATV total weight is about twice the weight of the smaller short WB models. My Polaris 500 is a 715 lb. pig and a short WB Susuki is 400 or less. It's not ramp weight alone causing the problem. Like I posted, I have an aluminum sheet installed on my gate and the other day I bounced my 175 lb. bod up and down as I sat on the middle of the sheet while looking at the metal separation area as best I could. I could see white primer appear off and on as I bounced showing the inner and outer skin working against each other. I'm not saying the top edge can't be bent, but if you pull the black trim off like I did the other day you'll see the outer skin wraps over and is spot welded to the inner in 15 spots along the top edge.
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Go ahead, measure both quads in the length and then try lifting each one up by the front. The engine is closer to the front in both quads so there is _MORE_ weight put down at the front than there is at the back.
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My aluminum ramps are 40ft from the back door so I just went out and with one end on the ground and with the other end tailgate height I just held the tailgate end up with just my forefinger so that doesn't enter in to the problem to a great extent.
Rather than trying to impress anyone with a theory of angles, weights during loading, and on and on, personally I'll just agree with the service manager I talked to this morning, the tailgate should handle an ATV just like the other brands.
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Those aluminum ramps don't weight very much but they STILL weigh something!!!!! I have _STEEL_ ramps which hold up much better than those aluminum ramps you have.
Sanosuke!