Ramps for Vehicles and Rallys
With ramps for vehicles, strength and stability are essential. GUIL’s ramps for rallys are designed to support extreme loads, allowing competition cars, motorbikes and other vehicles to go up and down. The great load capacity of the platforms and the strength of the reinforced aluminium allows these ramps to offer reliable access even in demanding conditions. Their modular assembly and the possibility of customising them in size and inclination make them a versatile solution for any car-based event.
To give you a better appreciation of the possibilities, we are attaching real examples of different configurations and a detailed technical sketch.
RTC-3/16-40 Race starting ramp (rally).
Consists of a central platform of 6 x 5 m and 40 cm height, with 2 ramps (an up ramp and a down ramp) of 3 m width and 5 m length (a slope of 7.5%, counting only the decks, and not the ramp starter plate). Includes: 27 x TM440/2×1; 6 x RMP-03 (special), telescopic legs, connectors.
Ramps are used for vehicles in a number of different circumstances, and GUIL can provide the ramp that you’re looking for, providing it is for temporary use only. Not only are GUIL’s stage platforms some of the strongest available, we are also able to manufacture the necessary length, width and inclination needed by every individual customer, even producing special shapes when required. Anybody who needs a ramp for a vehicle has the perfect product in GUIL’s TM440 stage platforms.
Rally stages, for example, often start from a starting booth made with a raised platform, an up-ramp and a down-ramp. Each car goes up the first ramp to the platform, where the start is counted down and the car roars off down the second ramp for the day’s race stage. As well as the ramps and the platform for the cars, an area of the platform and access stairs are built for the race officials who will sign the drivers in and give each car the starting signal.
Platforms can also be used for publicity in shopping centres, events, etc, where cars are driven up to their show position on a platform and the ramp is removed, to be used again later to allow the car to drive down off the platform at the end of the promotion period.
Many cars can weigh a ton or more (before even starting to think about lorries), but that weight is concentrated on the four wheels, which means you need the strongest platforms on the market. You need GUIL.
PLYWOOD BOARDS: GUIL’s TM440 stage platforms use 21mm-thick phenolic beech plywood board with a maximum weight capacity of 1200 kg/m2, far more than the majority of platforms on the market. The TM440 is also available with six legs (Ref. TM440XL/2×1), or even eight (Ref. TM440XXL/2×1), instead of four, increasing the capacity to 1400 kg/m2 and 1600 kg/m2 respectively. Their phenolic film covering, and sealed edges make them suitable for indoor or outdoor use, as well as giving them excellent fire-resistant properties, and the rough surface of the wiremesh finish provides excellent grip for footwear or wheels.
FRAMES & LEGS: The frames of the platforms are made of reinforced aluminium alloy EN AW 6063 80-T6, with numerous internal veins for maximum strength. It also has the continuous rail, a slot running along every element of the frame where accessories such as handrails or access stairs are attached.
The telescopic legs are also made of the same aluminium alloy and have internal veins for maximum strength. The extension system, with a screw knob for millimetric height adjustment of up to 50mm, means that every leg can be individually fitted to a perfect height to make a supremely stable and solid ramp.
CONNECTORS: The TMU-01 deck-to-deck connector and the TMU-02 deck-to-deck clamp (1 of each free with every TM440 platform) and the TMU-04 leg-to-leg clamp (1 free with every 4 telescopic legs of 70-120cm or more) guarantee that the platforms are all joined together to make a stable, cohesive unit that ensure the safety of any vehicle that uses it. We recommend buying extra TMU-01 and TMU-02 connectors and using two of each one on every side connecting with another platform.
RAMP STARTER KITS: The ramp starter kits (Ref. RMP-01 and RMP-03) include an aluminium starter plate (40cm for the RMP-01 and 100cm for the RMP-03) with connectors, fixed-length legs for the bottom platform of the ramp, and two angle-adjustable telescopic legs for the top platform.
The 21mm-thick board of the TM440 board and the telescopic legs make GUIL ramps very strong, and they can take the weight of a car with no need for any reinforcing bars under the board. The option of adding up to four additional legs to each frame increases the maximum weight capacity by as much as 33%, to a maximum of 3200 kg per platform, allowing heavy vehicles to use the ramp, and not just quads or cars.
There is even the option of adding a crossbar (Ref. RF/5) to fit an additional leg in the centre of the platform for extra resistance in specific circumstances. GUIL’s 21mm-thick boards usually mean that there is no demand for crossbars or centrally-positioned legs, but they’re available in case they’re needed.
With GUIL’s ramps, you can build the ramp you need for every event. The length, width and inclination can be configured as necessary in each case, with the length and inclination being interdependent, of course. We recommend an inclination of approximately one unit vertical to ten units horizontal: for a 1-metre-high platform, each ramp should be 10 metres long, though with vehicles it’s also possible to make them a little steeper, of course. The width will depend on the vehicles that will be using the ramp and will usually be either 3 or 4 metres.
If you require a ramp with changes of direction, and you have the space to build it, GUIL can provide you with platforms to make landings where the vehicles can turn 90° or even 180°. For example, a ramp up to a stage could be built to travel along one side of the stage and turn to move along the next side on its way up.
GUIL manufacture platforms with the strength and other conditions to make events with our ramps and platforms for vehicles a resounding success.
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