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Originally Posted by danzvtil
I had been looking around for ramps like that, but for what I wanted to use them for they were too expensive and bulky to lift a 50kg mower 50cm off the ground.
I bought a piece of form 1200x600 from Bunnings, rounded the corners, used a hole saw to cut a couple of grab points, and bolted on brackets so it hooks onto the rear nudge bar. $15 parts, half an hour of my time and a couple of coronas later, it’s done.
As for green, that mostly goes in my cage trailer, although the back of the van is filthy from potting mix,dirt, etc. once a month I’ll blow it all out. If the van was my full time steed, I’d probably invest in one of those sealed bulk heads (mines mesh) to keep the fuel fumes and dog sh#t smell out of the cabin.
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There is no way id ever drive a van without a safety cage. Things in the back move. I absolutely loved the rental hi ace i was in for a month. And cable ties mean you can easily tie a bin to the cage for rubbish. The rental i had had plastic fitted to the cage, not ideal for visability but it did work really really well for keeping the dust in the back and out of the front. Rentals dont have tow bars, so any dirty stuff had to go in the back and i did a full replacement of car park light fittings so the diesel particulate covered old fittings went in the van and the front didnt get too bad. Normally, well especially now, stuff like that will go in the work trailer. Its an 8x5 high side with a tall cage. New ute is not about volume, just its accessible and orginised, but has a tow bar. So a clear cover for the safety cage does make a bit of a difference in a van. And vans are packaged so well, all the space with shorter wheelbase and skinner track width. Maybe not so much on the safety, but i put safety mainly down to the driver.