Cullman Derby Ramp – Part 3 – Support Structure
With the ramp profile set, the next task was how to piece it together. The main criteria being:
- Safe and maintain functionality
- Easy for anyone to assemble
- Able to disassemble for moving and storage
- Keep weight low so parts can be moved by hand
Supporting that ramp we wanted to make as simple as possible… easy to assemble, stable, and hold the ramps together. This consisted of two support beams connected together.
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| Ramp with support beams |
Both of the blue beams have notches for the ramp to fit into. The shorter of the blue beams is a single, continuous member supporting both ramps. The yellow beam connects the short and tall blue beams. The taller blue beam is quite large, so are separate for each ramp to keep the individual part weight down.
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| Bracket on support beams for simple bolted ramp connection |
That’s the ramp structure complete, which was only a little outside the comfort zone of what we normally work on. (Nothing should move once it is put together.) But these ramps will require a starting mechanism… more on that next time.
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