building a ramp for a shipping container?

[nobbie48]

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A yard of gravel solves your issues and isn't slippery.

The problem is the door hardware. It looks to me that the vertical bars need several inches of clearance to swing out.

For twice a year, kicking around some gravel isn't a big deal, maybe even use thin sandbags. For everyday riding I'd want something quick and easy. Never take the fun out of a ride by needing a mechano set to get the bike in and out.

If a shallow four-foot ditch would allow the doors to swing free, a removable four-foot ramp, six to eight feet wide would close the gap.

Would a pair of 40X48 skids do the job if the tops were filled?

 

[sburns]

I think you need to post a pic from the side showing the slope or ground leading up to the container.

I think a combination of things can work some dirt or gravel as @GreyGhost mentioned and a long ramp.

Or evel kinievel the bike out of the container!

 

[Dirty Frank]

@Dirty Frank - What are "stick and fittings"?

The stick would be a piece of unistrut and the fittings are the unistrut accessories that fit together like a grownup erector set to help fabricate projects without any welding or specialized machining.
If you have time check out the online unistrut catalog their products can really simplify difficult builds and projects.

 

[PrivatePilot]

A yard of gravel solves your issues and isn't slippery.

I'd use fine crushed limestone, but yeah, KISS. Once packed into place limestone really holds it's form and is quite hard especially once it's settled and packed. Worse case, level it carefully and throw some cheap 4x4 pavers from Home Depot on top of the limestone and boom, concrete ramp.

But unless you're mashing your brakes or spinning your rear wheel while entering and exiting I'd think the limestone alone would do the job.

Rent one of the open bed uhaul trailers, hit your local landscape supply place and you could easily get enough in there without overloading it too badly, and even if it is overloaded, well, it's a uhaul trailer, those things could survive hauling the Queen Mary.

 

[timtune]

The problem is the door hardware. It looks to me that the vertical bars need several inches of clearance to swing out.

For twice a year, kicking around some gravel isn't a big deal, maybe even use thin sandbags. For everyday riding I'd want something quick and easy. Never take the fun out of a ride by needing a mechano set to get the bike in and out.

If a shallow four-foot ditch would allow the doors to swing free, a removable four-foot ramp, six to eight feet wide would close the gap.

Would a pair of 40X48 skids do the job if the tops were filled?

If you owned a KLR it would be parked by now.

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