Am I Being Realistic?

My Ranger is about an inch away from my glass slider in my trailer, I use a chain that is attached to an anchor at the back of the trailer and I hook to the front of the Ranger when I drive in, when I am out of chain I am in all the way, the chain doesn't allow any movement forward and I use a 3500 lb ratchet strap to pull it tight. I have used this method for several thousands of miles without an issue, several hundred of those miles were off road with very rough terrain.

Leon

1L243 wrote:

GENECOP wrote:
I carry a Smart Car in my Garage I have about 1" front, 1" back and about 2" from the roof to the cieling......I Build a fixed chock that bears against the back wall and when my front tires hit, I'm there..Then I built another rear chock that rests against my rear ramp door when I close it...

That is what I was thinking as well....

I do this w/ a Fiat Abarth in mine. 1 inch on each end. Just be sure to strap it down tight in addition to the chocks.

I will get you a couple of shots of my setup next time I am there...on the rear bumper of the Smart Car I used a piece of black indoor outdoor carpet, cut it to shape, and used spray adhesive to install it over the factory bumper....when I lift the ramp up, the back of the Smart Car was rubbing against the sandpaper rough surface of the ramp, now it just roughs up the carpet a little and I can remove and replace once a year, oddly enough the carpet bumper looks like factory....

I got a door up front. The area carpet makes it look smaller than it actually is..

If the Jeep should actually fit I would do a fixed front chock where the Jeep could not move forward into the door.

I wouldn't to it with that minimal amount of clearance.

I would add 1/4" steel plates (2'x6') where the bumpers are going to rub the bulkhead and the door. There is no way to fasten the jeep down so that it does not move around some. I would tie it down so that you are already hitting the back door in the hopes that in a hard stop it doesn't damage the bulkhead and yes I would do it.

Imagine the front bumper can't be detached, what about on the rear? Tire, gas can, pintle hitch? If you have the room you're good to go. You might want to place a sheet of plywood up front so if the front bumper hits the wall it won't damage the wall and to spread the impact.

GENECOP wrote:
I carry a Smart Car in my Garage I have about 1" front, 1" back and about 2" from the roof to the cieling......I Build a fixed chock that bears against the back wall and when my front tires hit, I'm there..Then I built another rear chock that rests against my rear ramp door when I close it...

That is what I was thinking as well....

I carry a Smart Car in my Garage I have about 1" front, 1" back and about 2" from the roof to the cieling......I Build a fixed chock that bears against the back wall and when my front tires hit, I'm there..Then I built another rear chock that rests against my rear ramp door when I close it...