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Location: Iowa | I have a featherlite 3 horse that I just bought a ramp for. How difficult is it to install myself? Has anyone tried this? Doesn't it just bolt on where the bumper was and a few holes drilled for the latches.  |
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| Originally written by sinful on 2007-04-28 10:27 AM
I have a featherlite 3 horse that I just bought a ramp for. How difficult is it to install myself? Has anyone tried this? Doesn't it just bolt on where the bumper was and a few holes drilled for the latches.
For some odd reason I would have expected installation instructions to have been included.
Anyway, the hardest part might be loading the spring(s).
Other than that I'd assume it is a simple matter of lining it up and bolting it on - ?
Does it have sets of holes that look as if they will line up with the ones the bumper uses ?
If so - GO !
If not - stop.
Scratch head, consult installation instructions, contact factory, etc.
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Location: Iowa | Reg. Someone else bought the ramp new, now don't want it. So I got a deal. I could always have featherlite do the work. Just thought I'd save myself high dollar labor charges. I never thought about loading the springs. That could be interesting...to say the least. Better call the dealer and get the low down from him. |
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Location: Lockport, Illinois | When the ramp is in the up position, there is little or no tension on the springs. Once you get the attachments installed on the trailer, and the latches, you support the ramp in the up position, then insert the rod through the first attachment then a sping etc until done. |
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| Originally written by BigT on 2007-04-28 10:07 PM
When the ramp is in the up position, there is little or no tension on the springs. Once you get the attachments installed on the trailer, and the latches, you support the ramp in the up position, then insert the rod through the first attachment then a sping etc until done.
That only works for the "spring in hinge" type, which I agree is most common.
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Location: Iowa | Its probably not that difficult. I think I'll try it myself. If I can't get it, I'm sure the dealer will. Thanks Guy's |
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| Even the "leaf spring underneath" type probably isn't THAT difficult to pre-load.
I was sort of thinking about this thread when I caught sight of that type at a show today.
Once assembled it can probably be lifted in with a floor jack and then the last bolt or pivot put in. |
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trailer ramp install myself?
