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Hey guys,

 

Moving some dirt and rocks and was planning on renting a dump trailer but the job isn't looking to be as big as anticipated. Any recommendations on the cheapest route to buy or put together a wheel barrow ramp into my truck bed (2014 Silverado)?? Something I could pick up local? I called home depot and they rent some ramps but I'm not sure if they are made for wheel barrows or if they are wide enough. I figured some of you have to have used your truck to haul dirt by now so any suggestions would be great. All the ramps I see are made for motorcycles and I would probably fall off of that going up since they don't look very wide! I'll make it work either way but was hoping someone might have a suggestion i haven't thought of. Thanks!

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sounds dangerous.

 

if I was going to try it, I would try to anchor some 2x8's with a sheet of plywood on top. (but i already own 4 2x8 ramps so that would be easy.)

 

good luck trying to push a full wheelbarrow up a ramp that steep unless you can park in a ditch or something to lower the distance from your tailgate to the ground. I have wheeled dirtbikes and a snowmobile into my bed and its not easy.

 

if you are going to walking up it, it needs to be wide enough for you to stand on and balance the thing.

 

Other alternative is to throw shovels of dirt directly into the truck and skip the wheelbarrow.

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I use a 2X10 with a piece of diamond plate, that has a slight kink pressed into it so it matches the tailgate, bolted to the end. It's a fact! Unless you are parked in a ditch, the ramp will be way to steep to push a wheelbarrow up.

Be sure to put a piece of cardboard down to bridge between the bed and tailgate. That will eliminate a hard to clean up mess.

 

Mike

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I find it very hard to believe you are going to push a full wheel barrow up into your truck or control a full one rolling out of your truck. I just park mine at the the end of my tailgate and shovel from the bed into it.

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Why does the wheel barrow need to be filled to the max? I can fill it halfway or any amount that keeps it steady up a ramp. By the way I had this Mexican guy do some cement work and he did about 20 full wheel barrow loads up into his small truck using just a board...it was amazing to watch lol...I have no access to my backyard otherwise I would just pull up and shovel right into the bed. Just looking for ideas so thanks for the input. If I bring the wheel barrow to the bed and it's to steep I would definitely just scoup it in, I'm not going to kill myself here trying to get the wheelbarrow up. I might even still go with the dump trailer but I still need a ramp for that as well. I'm just trying to maximize my time so thanks for the ideas everyone.

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