Loading your beast into the car?

[Allan Shannon]

Hi Colleagues

How do you load your tanks into your car. I have a set of ramps which are all metal which are fine when taking the tank on and off the lift table, but not good for loading into back of my C3. I would have to make alteration to the ramp such as adding rubber matting, which could work but will probably not be long lasting.

So if you have any ideas or links to where to get something suitable I would be very happy. My tank is the 2017 Tiger 1 late war, which is painted in the 503 colour scheme, Von Rosen's 311.

Regards Allan

[Klaus Uschkurat]

hallo,

besorge Dir einen VW Bus ab T4 dort kannst du ohne Probleme deine Panzer reinfahren.
Wer fährt schon einen C3 ?
Gruss Klaus

[Ed Groenenberg]

Do you use those perforated (stainless) steel ones?
One solution is to use a rubber strip and use flat head bolts every 20 - 25 cm.

Regards

Ed

Hi Colleagues

How do you load your tanks into your car. I have a set of ramps which are all metal which are fine when taking the tank on and off the lift table, but not good for loading into back of my C3. I would have to make alteration to the ramp such as adding rubber matting, which could work but will probably not be long lasting.

So if you have any ideas or links to where to get something suitable I would be very happy. My tank is the 2017 Tiger 1 late war, which is painted in the 503 colour scheme, Von Rosen's 311.

Regards Allan

[Gerhard Michel]

Hi guys,

I needed some ramps with a bend at the upper side to avoid damaging the rear bumper of my car. They also needed to be foldable. So I found these:

[Adrian Harris]

I've posted this before but it works and several people in our group use these or similar.

For the van I've bought a shorter fold in half sideways ramp which will fit across the back and act as a chock.
The loading height is lower so it didn't need the length of the ones above. I use them now to load into the car,
or to drive up onto work tables for repairs etc.

I've glued 3mm rubber matting to it with carpet spray adhesive and it seems to work OK. Only just recently had a piece of the rubber torn off.

Everything from the JagdTiger to the T-34 climbs it OK, unless the tracks have been polished by running on grass.

Except the M3 Grant. Which couldn't climb a mole hill

Look for ATV ramps rather than wheelchair ramps, as they tend to be smooth, whereas the ATV ones have ribs or patterns to allow the tyres to grip.

Adrian.

[John Clarke]

Gerhards extra extention into the car is a worth while extra.
Taking the pressure off the flimsy bumper. Also prevents the model at "tipping point" trying to push one ramp outwards with disastrous results all round. I have something similar but less sophisticated.
I'll "foot" the ramps at floor level to prevent any ramp movement on smooth surfaces.
Single stick control leaves a hand free to steady the model, helpful as I'm a rubbish driver.
It's all about time, don't rush it.

[Allan Shannon]

John

Any chance of a photo of this set up please?

Regards Allan

[John Clarke]

I'll put a picture in a few days time. But their really ugly.
2x Scaffold planks, covered with industrial office carpet tiles, each one has a sliding piece of 6mm channel which can positioned and locked on the ends, a flat extension bridges the bumper and heavy duty door hinges allow a flat 6mm plate to flip over the car rear bulkhead into the boot space. Heavy too.
Sounds better than they are, trust me,
but they do the job.
Gerhard's are far sweeter.

[Allan Shannon]

Cheers John, look forward to having a look at them. I've messaged Gerhard to ask him where he got them from.

Regards Allan

[Gerhard Michel]

Here is a closer pic of the bends that save the bumper and prevent the ramps from slipping out of the boot. These ramps with bends are available at Amazon till today.





These pics are about 12 years old. Meanwhile I replaced the steel ramps by aluminium ramps because they became a little too heavy for my backbone when loading into the car. The bends are now placed to the new ramps.

[John Clarke]

Found! one set of ugly ramps. Checked for wood worm before use.

[Allan Shannon]

Many thanks guys for posting its has helped me and I guess those who are new to Armortek and have bought a kit.

Kind Regards Allan

[Jerry Carducci]

It's interesting to see the solutions others have taken to get the models up into their car.

Gerhard Michel is much braver than I, I an have Audi and as I don't trust my luck to not have an accident driving them in they won't get near them....

I've not had the occasion to bring either one of my built out models anywhere yet but depending on when and where I do it's either going to be in a vintage Datsun truck or Ford Explorer...

I'm also curious for those moving their models do you also block or lock the tracks so they can't roll or perhaps strap them down in some way?

Jerry

[Bryan Brown]

Jerry try placing wedges in front and to the rear of the tracks always worked for me with so far no mishaps

[Jerry Carducci]

Except the M3 Grant. Which couldn't climb a mole hill

Adrian.

Ditto the Lee, but it looks so imposing as it slip-slides away...

Too bad no one makes a T-48 or T-49 track for it. That would have a bit more bite.

Jerry