how much are ramps

[born freestyler]

i was just wonderin does any one know how much a cheap ramp costs

[The Snitz]

G'day Born Freestyler, there are MANY things that go into a ramps worth. Size is the biggest key, if you want a Mini Ramp like Brad (Mungoman45) Will set you back about $400 (High Quality), to a midsized ramp about $800 and upto a Full size ramp from about $1500 and onwards.

Prices are also subject to quality of Materials being used, a Mini ramp may cost some people $100, but you are pretty much assured it's going to break sooner rather than later, not much supports put into it, and ply on top my be pretty thin. The Cheapest you could possibly get away with a Full-Size Aussie Comp ramp may be about $1000, but once again the quality and size of the supports determines price.

Don't settle for the cheapest, settle for the sturdiest ramp with thick supports, quality ply/checkerplate/grid mesh surface, that has been rustproofed and painted well to not allow rust.

[born freestyler]

thanks for that snitz

[kx_rider]

yer i wouldnt mind a mini ramp to start off on as i havent learnt how to hit ramps yet.
have u got a ramp urself snitz?

[Mungoman45]

hehe, i like newbies...so inocent and untainted by the forums yet lol...

[troop_353]

i got plans i can post soon of a full size ramp but the radius of the kick has been mellowed out for learning and im building well me and mate who is qualified welder and we using bout 40x40 square tubing but wasnt sure wat wall thickness to use of the tubing so if neone could tell me wats best would be good but i priced it out to be around 700 to 800 bucks to buy the steel for it but then u will have to put cost of ply or watever surface is used on top of that and ppl mite like to add more supports but i should have sum plans to post in next couple days hopefully 2moz.

[The Snitz]

well, the thicker wall the better. 3mm is heaps and will do the job, but down to 2mm I'd say as a very bare minimum. A good average of 2.6mm would be good!
And yes, 3 lengths of ply at about $100 each, so $300 for surface approximately (a bit less :))

[Mungoman45]

the main thing, that no one has mentioned yet, that contributes greatly to the cost of any ramp is just how much you pay for your materials. I've known people to pay up to $80 per 8 meter lengths (standard length of steel), which is DAMN EXPENSIVE and will make your ramp one hell of an expensive product. (Also steve mentioned the planks of Ply for the face at $100 per plank "or a bit cheaper" Around here, i can get a piece of 2400 x 1200 x 17 piece of ply for $30)
But once again, as Steve has stated, please, DO NOT " settle for the cheapest, settle for the sturdiest". just because you may not be able to get the right steel for the same (cheaper) price than others, do not equal out the price with smaller, thinner steel. ALWAYS use the standard steel dimensions (40 x 40 x 2.6/3) IF you are building a full sized ramp.
By all means, smaller ramps will not require the biggest/thickest steel, like as Steve has said my mini ramp that is well made, supported and reinforced, i only used inch RHS with a 2mill wall.

Anywho, I'm waffeling on, when all i wanted to say is, before you start work and buy your material, look around at several places for better prices instead of just walkin into the 1st steel joint ya come across and buy a shitload of steel. Looking around for better prices will 99% of the time payoff, and especially at the moment, bein the end of the financial year, Dealerships should have cheaper prices on excess stock.

[The Snitz]

Originally posted by kx_rider
yer i wouldnt mind a mini ramp to start off on as i havent learnt how to hit ramps yet.
have u got a ramp urself snitz?

Sorry, I missed your comment all tucked away amonst all the big replys lol.

Yeah, I have my own ramp that I made myself. I didn't have much idea before i made the ramp, but I'm almost a welding expert since making it haha, so much work goes into them.

Well as for a Mini Ramp, they're not very hard to make, but there is a knack to it, and getting the right materials counts. Essentially there is more pressure on a mini ramp than there is on a fullsize ramp sometimes. You could probably pay for materials for a ramp and add up to be about $200 for a well made mini ramp (Remember $100 for ply ontop alone (17mm Minimum)

Or if you're lucky to find a mini ramp on these forums, every once and a while they do come up for sale, keep checking back :D

[GStylEr]

Dunno if I'm wrong or what, but some of these ramps must be heavy as all hell! From memory we made our Aus Comp with 2mm wall steel, and it's been plenty strong enough. We didn't do it for the cost factor, just went off the experts plans we had and used that. The 2 transition pieces were 2.5mm wall, but yeah. That was just because it was what they had. Personally we paid somewhere around $800 all up, but we never got a bill for the rolled transition pieces which was supposed to be $210 so $1000 would be a good average. And we used 19mm ply.

I find the best way to look at it is to go for an efficient design. Highest strength, for lightest weight and cheapest cost. The ramp my old man and I made does that pretty well. We still have 3 of the 10 lengths of steel we ordered left over, so the actual cost is slightly lower than what I said. The ramp is heavy, strong, and completely sturdy so I'm happy.

1.5mm would probably be the thinnest wall I'd go, I find 2 optimum though so that's my recommendation. Not at all saying Steve or Brad are wrong, they have made very valid points about safety and steel quality, just expressing my own opinion on the matter.

I agree that 17mm ply is the lowest you should go, unless you're using sheet metal underneath. In which case I've heard of 12mm being used, but I'd still go with 15 to be sure.

Anyhoo I'm rambling again, so to finalise, I believe to construct a full size ramp look at $1000-1200, and to buy one, around $2000 would be the minimum.

[Mungoman45]

hehe, we all tend to waffle on once we get started aye, especially on a subject such as this, that has a million and one different twists and turns and options in the whole process that will change the outcome of the complete cost, which is what the initial question was LOL. but anywho, just wanted to add one more point, the wall thicknes we suggested, I'm not 100% sure on steve's objective towards his measurments, but mine was not only because of the strength, but the ability to weld it...the thinner it goes, not only will it be weaker, (depending on, as Grant has said, the amount of supports used), it will also get harder and harder to weld it properly without blowing a hole clean through it, which is deffinatly NOT want ya wanna do too often making a ramp. :)

[1madgerman]

Well born my ramp cost me $700.00 all up i used 40mm Box with a 2 mill wall.
$700.00 included hire of a welder cutting discs plywood and having the trasisitions rolled professionally. In my opinion it would be better off going for a full size ramp as you wont grow out of it so to speak as you might with a small one. Then having the cost of building 2 ramps in the end.
Lars

[fmx_freak]

hey jack if ya want some plans i have about 5 diffrent planes ill try to post them all tonight
i think i might have a mini ramp plane aswell cant remember
but still any1 else with planes post them aswell.

[The Snitz]

Hehe, Yes, we do tend to waffle on quite a bit on the Ramp Issues don't we Brad and Grant haha. Ahh well, my reasoning behind 2mm wall at minimum is purely my peace of mind. Sure 3mm wall thickness will at one stage in the future begin to bend, but it just adds that much life to your ramp. My ramp I built I actually used 2.3mm Wall thickness, purely because of the fact thats what Dad had in the shed. It is a perfect ramp it's as sturdy as hell, but I make sure to check it every so often to look for bending of ANY support. Be it the supports that you actually ride the bike over under the surface, or if somehow the supports going vertical to give the ramp shape. The place that will have the most pressure is obviously the actual area you ride your bike up. You can get away with the 1.6mm for the vertical supports like Grant said, and yes that will save alot of weight and it will definetly be strong enough, but I feel for the actual flat supports you ride your bike over the entire length of the ramp, I'd be beefing them up. I used 30x30x3 on mine, as my transition lengths were 30x30x3. So just to keep it in line thats what I did, because I used 30x30x3 I actually put in more supports than most, just purely for my piece of mind that 200Kg's would not fall through the 19mm ply.

Hahaha.. Once again I am rambeling, so I'll close this by saying, use the best metal you can possible, weight is a factor, but I feel should be a small factor in ramp construction, my ramp weighs so much that I can only move it with a tractor, but I know it won't be falling apart anytime soon :)

Thanks for reading my novel :p

[meesh]

heh heh, well so we should rable ramps are a very needed key i reckon unless you've got a lovely compound of wonderful dirt hits,

anyway my steel for my ramp is 40x40x3 i got it this size cause i am using a arc welder, i tried weldin on a scrap bit of 2mm and all i could see was hole after hole after hole after hole lol but i guess it depends on how good you are. but anyway i got 48 meters for $460 which is very expensive i have now learned but oh well buyin a new ramp is usually like $1500 - $2500 and i reckon the next ramp i build i will look around a lot before purchasing steel so definetly do that anyway my 2 cents.

[I_Bleed_blue]

Originally posted by Mungoman45
hehe, i like newbies...so inocent and untainted by the forums yet lol...

im a newbie:rolleyes: but im not a cool newbie :mad:

[troop_353]

hey
i no iv already got this in own thread but thort id put it in ere for the dude that wanted plans or wateva make it easer for them

[Scummybummy]

does anyone know someone near newcastle who can build ramps

[mulishatroop666]

Originally posted by Scummybummy
does anyone know someone near newcastle who can build ramps
there is a guy that lives near me that builds ramps adam

[original_sin]

i build ramps but i live on da gold coast, depending on wat u want, i can sell u a standard aussie comp ramp that breaks into three parts for around $1500 i can make one that is just a normal ramp (very hard to transport) for around $1200 or i can make u a custom one to ur specs.. (prices vary) but yeh.. the only ramps i pre-build are aussie comp ramps

[twitch fan]

hey troop_353 how much is ya ramp gonna cost all up

[redbull_fmx]

Hey Original_sin

$1500 for a ramp that folds into 3 peices is darn cheap

[bentbarz]

my ramp cost $700 all up and that's including that i got my steel cheaper and ply and only used 20x20 but still ozy comp size

[emotefmx1]

hey bentbarz how come you got your steel cheap? is there any chance you can get me a ramp?:D

[bentbarz]

i got my stell cheaper because i bought heaps at the same time and the place i got it from is called onesteel and they are meant to be the cheapest. I dunno if i can get you a ramp becoz my uncle and my dad made it but if your really interested i could ring him on friday. If not theres a place in Sydney called ARD= Australian Ramp Design but they charge about $2200 for a aussie comp ramp so it's pretty expensive it's almost double the price to make one. Troop of doom made one with metal mesh sort of thing and the ARD only had ply and it cost troop of doom something like $1200 done by a proffessional welder

[emotefmx1]

yeh i am really really interested umm yeh i know ard they are like the best but bloody so expesssive.. that would be wicked if u could ring em.. would it be easier for em if it was a smaller ramp? cause i ride an 80.

[bla_bla]

Originally posted by Mungoman45
hehe, i like newbies...so inocent and untainted by the forums yet lol...
im not new and im innocent;)

[bentbarz]

emote how far away from Woolongong,Jamberoo or Kiama are you?

[emotefmx1]

umm not sure where that is do you live in vic?