hi there welcome to the beaton trail and today we're going to go over mad ramps
this uh video is gonna be a little bit more of an overview in our experiences and what challenges
we ran into not necessarily a how-to of the uh mad ramps but regardless um you know fedex if
this wasn't matt ramp's fault fedex sent them in two different boxes on two different trucks
so you know has that for logistics and efficiency you're better off using ups that's all i gotta say
uh regardless there's a lot of heavy metal into these boxes so it is recommended you have two
people but um you know i did it by myself it's just a little heavy you want to make sure you
don't uh pinch your fingers anywhere i'll just say that in the beginning of the video and really this
is uh just to give you some experience of what we did if you have any suggestions of other videos
you want to see you know we'll we'll go over them so really you just need a tape measure your normal
i think it's a half inch socket the torque wrench and really take your time putting it together they
did a really good job laying out the instructions uh it's it worked out really well you just again
watch your fingers and uh make sure that you take your time putting it together because you want to
make sure it's all put together and tight uh you know you can tie up that the trailer cable for
the third light and the lights and again make sure you torque to the specifications specified in the
manual and the instruction booklet um you know we like the way these are designed they look really
tight and strong and again you know make sure you check your your payload and your tongue weight
rating for your truck we have a 2018 ford f-150 and um you know just you know you check everything
out it's engineered really well these extra clips i'm saying that you probably should get a bunch of
these just because if you lose them you're kind of sol i'll put a link on there they can get them at
harbor freight or amazon but the engineering of mad ramps is really good
so um i will say you know we have a six and a half foot bed you could get away with a five and a half
foot bed uh depending on the wheel base and the length of your unit so atvs no problem uh you know
i don't know if the wheelbase is like 98 something in 98 inches and the length is 105 inches of our
uh fox edition the razer 900 but just go ahead and make sure when you space this out take into
consideration any rock sliders as you see here tight fit and really you should only drive up to
this point right here and that's where i should have stopped i should have just left it there
uh i wanted to see if i could fit the whole thing in and and as you'll see there's some delicate
plastics that are on your tailgate every model is going to be different but then you know i went
ahead and sit up and you know crack that plastic so um we came up with a solution afterwards but
you know the tailgate limit uh you know your your mileage will vary on each manufacturer but
you know you have the weight of the engine on there it really should be on the mat
ramps down on the tailgate so this was just an experiment but as you can see
i had to come up with some kind of solution so as you can see these plastics uh just for the
trim on the top uh and some some trim on the top for the tonneau cover seal um you know really we
just got some plastic from home depot like a mat and we cut it up and we put it in there and so
you know now when you get going in there you'll see this this protects the plastic so they just
folded when you close the tailgate and it leaves some space for your step if your f-150
or ram is equipped with a i guess they call it a man-step but it makes sure that you don't do any
more damage i wish i had known before this but it wasn't that bad and at least you can open the step
here and you can you know get to use that in case you're using your pickup not for uh side-by-side
transport but overall really like the mad ramp system we were really impressed um and you know if
you have any questions please be sure to uh send us a note in the comments uh did you have you used
the mad ramp system how do you like it and uh as you can see we're putting the engine up into the
over the rear uh axle and we got it all strapped in good we do have a couple more mount points
that are gonna get mounted into the bed of our truck uh just how to order some torque
bolts and uh you know make sure it's strapped in there well and i think it's just more balanced
we actually did a test to fro a couple hundred miles and she ran great and and towed great so
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