subject: Aluminum Yard Ramp - An Invaluable Tool For The Growing Business [print this page] There are many uses for an aluminum yard rampThere are many uses for an aluminum yard ramp. They are a must for physically disabled people. But they are not only for the disabled, they help keep people from becoming disabled when moving and loading heavy objects.
Every good businessperson knows that loading items by using an incline rather than having your workers perform a dead lift saves a lot of money every year in workman's compensation payments. Ramps also save your enterprise from the high cost of remodeling your building to incorporate a loading dock into your existing building.
Using aluminum has advantages over using steel. There is no maintenance with aluminum, where steel can rust if proper care is not taken. Steel is heavier and takes more work when installed, and storing aluminum is simpler. You can hang it on the wall.
Some ramps have a six feet level off that makes the loads on the end of it safer and more easily handled. Safety chains are attached to hold the ramp to a truck or trailer. Some have features like hydraulic lifts that have a hand pump so no electricity is required. Rubber shock absorbers, a flow control valve and a tow bar are all handy components to make loading easily reached. They can be purchased with pneumatic tires, which will raise their height allowing unloading from a higher position like a semi-truck.
You have a choice of sizes. If you choose pneumatic tires the height can reach sixty-three inches. With molded tires the height is usually a standard thirty inches. Length can be any where between twenty-five and thirty nine feet. With center supports you can adjust, and widths between seventy-two and ninety-three inches, there is a ramp available for any job.
The weight ramps can hold is between sixteen thousand to thirty thousand pounds, depending on its construction. So when heavy lifting to unload large objects is required, an aluminum yard ramp is the solution.
