Scored this steel-frame mini ramp for free, but it cost us a white-knuckle 2.5-hour highway haul to get it home.

Scored this steel-frame mini ramp for free, but it cost us a white-knuckle 2.5-hour highway haul to get it home.

Picked up this beast for free off Marketplace, but the catch was getting it home in one piece. We rented a U-Haul utility trailer, strapped it down within an inch of its life, and spent 2.5 hours on back roads and highways praying the wind wouldn't turn the transition into a giant sail.

It is built around an all-steel skeleton, heavy-duty truss frame, and even came mounted on rolling casters with an integrated drop-in deck and safety railing. The surface is weathered and needs a full reskin (looking at fresh plywood plus a proper exterior riding surface), but the bones and transition radius are dead-on.

Unloading it without heavy equipment was its own brand of fun, but it is officially in the driveway. Next step is wire-wheeling the surface rust, sealing up the frame, and laying down fresh sheets.

Has anyone reskinned one of these steel-ribbed setups before? Open to any tips on fastener choice and surface layer recommendations before we start laying down sheets.

Edit more photos video https://imgur.com/a/i3GyxAo

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u/ctucker21 — 7 days ago

A friend is willing to sell me his 2016 GMC Canyon for great price but its a manual

Here is the interior video he sent: https://photos.app.goo.gl/S2oz9wMNRHzoKC6z6

He is letting it go for 8k.

Comes with a 2nd set of tires and he is very good maintenance wise with his cars.

I would be dumb not to buy it, right?

Update

I'm buying it. Thank you guys! This is the nicest car I will have ever owned.

u/ctucker21 — 3 months ago

Luckily we set up the mower as soon as it was delivered. Now we have to dry 45 minutes to the local Lowe's to return it. No option to have it picked up or drop it off anywhere. Pretty bummed by the whole situation.

u/ctucker21 — 5 months ago