Toy Hauler Ramp Door defective
Anyone else having this issue? How do you load your heavy motorcycle? Brand new 2013 300MP Raptor. Aug 15, 2013 we put our 2012 Electric Glide Classic into the toy hauler for the 1st time, directly...
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atwowheelguy wrote:fj12ryder wrote:
I wouldn't want to be forced into driving up a guided ramp like that. Sometimes you have to come in a bit of an angle, and that could be a problem with something like that.
What would your solution be? The OP has a beam (ramp door) that suffers from too much stress and too much deflection for the existing material and dimension. The large area moment of inertia of that steel channel comes from the extended side flanges. Without those, there is little gain from a flat reinforcement added to the door.
Area moment of inertia
Ix = (b) (h^3) / 12
where
b = width
h = height
The Area Moment of Inertia increases (less deflection) with the CUBE of the height.
The plywood would spread the weight of the bike over a larger portion of the door. The same idea is used on bridge decking and other applications.
