14ft Ifor

[Lancs Lad]

I knew it was a heavy load but..

 

[Lancs Lad]

Must be a better way of securing these...love to meet the guy who thought of this in combo with the ally ramps Sunday rant over

 

[Grahams]

The used to have a clamp which was pinned down in between the two ramps. Excellent idea and never had the binding issue, but I guess it may have cost the £1 extra on the build. Ifor have been trying to squeeze out build costs at the expense of customer satisfaction for some time. You only have to look at the quality of the galvanising when they took it in house to save a few pounds.

 

[Lancs Lad]

The used to have a clamp which was pinned down in between the two ramps. Excellent idea and never had the binding issue, but I guess it may have cost the £1 extra on the build. Ifor have been trying to squeeze out build costs at the expense of customer satisfaction for some time. You only have to look at the quality of the galvanising when they took it in house to save a few pounds.

Yep was looking at that clamp on mates 12ft tipper. So much better. So crap this on ally ramps. Not so bad on steels.
Yes galvanising is dire on mine. Rust appearing already 7 months in

 

[Grahams]

I gave up on ifor as they seemed to have contempt for their customers.

 

[Shovelhands]

Must be a better way of securing these...love to meet the guy who thought of this in combo with the ally ramps Sunday rant over

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Yes it’s a sh!t design really, I don’t mind it too much personally and it is simple. But it’s easy to not get it right and jam the ramps! I’ve got an employee who still struggles with it, but maybe that says more about him than the ramps….?
But they are total crap on ally ramps! My last Ifor came with ally ramps, steel would have been preferable, I swapped them over with the steels in the tipper and as you say the tipper retaining mechanism is much better and suits the ally ramps.

 

[GazCro]

The used to have a clamp which was pinned down in between the two ramps. Excellent idea and never had the binding issue, but I guess it may have cost the £1 extra on the build. Ifor have been trying to squeeze out build costs at the expense of customer satisfaction for some time. You only have to look at the quality of the galvanising when they took it in house to save a few pounds.

Prior to that they had a simple hinged cover over the gap. We are all guilty of wanting max payload so can't complain too much when they're trying to shave every gram of weight.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Yes it’s a sh!t design really, I don’t mind it too much personally and it is simple. But it’s easy to not get it right and jam the ramps! I’ve got an employee who still struggles with it, but maybe that says more about him than the ramps….?
But they are total crap on ally ramps! My last Ifor came with ally ramps, steel would have been preferable, I swapped them over with the steels in the tipper and as you say the tipper retaining mechanism is much better and suits the ally ramps.

My 10 year old prefers ally ramps.

 

[V8Druid]

I knew it was a heavy load but..
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must've been intermittent contact, or friction'd have fried the tyre too

 

[V8Druid]

Must be a better way of securing these...love to meet the guy who thought of this in combo with the ally ramps Sunday rant over

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cheap !!

 

[Lancs Lad]

must've been intermittent contact, or friction'd have fried the tyre too

Something not right with them..bracket bent or something ...few tonne of logs didn't help

 

[Grahams]

Prior to that they had a simple hinged cover over the gap. We are all guilty of wanting max payload so can't complain too much when they're trying to shave every gram of weight.

I really think people prefer quality over an infinitesimal weight saving. Just swapping from steel to alli ramps would save more than all the cost cutting measures ever saved. Also save your back handling them.

 

[GazCro]

I really think people prefer quality over an infinitesimal weight saving. Just swapping from steel to alli ramps would save more than all the cost cutting measures ever saved. Also save your back handling them.

I'd agree, but the reality is it's only dawning on people now that the weight saving and cost cutting is at the expense of build quality. The trouble is you're up against the majority of buyers who are wanting to buy a digger which in reality is too heavy to tow so the first thing they look at is payload.

 

[V8Druid]

I really think people prefer quality over an infinitesimal weight saving. Just swapping from steel to alli ramps would save more than all the cost cutting measures ever saved. Also save your back handling them.

but at 2-3 times the price Gra