Opico Skidster or sherpa mini loaders

[woody paul]

Much easier forward, walking up with a foot on each ramp behind the machine as doobin says

Not the way to load, as said weight is above you and if something goes wrong your under it. 

 

 

[PatrickFirwood]

2 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Sorted!

 

What do your ramps lock in to to preventing them from sliding off?

[Mark Bolam]

Pins drop through holes in the ramp ends and through holes drilled in the bed.

[Mark Bolam]

49 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Much easier forward, walking up with a foot on each ramp behind the machine as doobin says

Not the way to load, as said weight is above you and if something goes wrong your under it. 

 

 

True, but it feels far more likely that something will go wrong if you reverse load it!

 

You aren’t meant to be stood on the machine when either loading or unloading, forwards or backwards.

[doobin]

I bet everyone on here tracks a tracked chipper up a ramp standing behind it without thinking about it?

 

The thing is, mini loaders are a lot more twitchy than a tracked chipper. The 13hp models can also run out of steam loading in reverse up a ramp with a heavy operator on them. That's then super dangerous because if you stall it you have no engine braking and it will run away back down the ramp.

 

Ideally you would use long ramps on a low trailer. For the more adventurous who wish to load into a transit- standing behind it is the most controlled method in my experience.