Go to try and make a passerelle

[sealines28]

Right, having falling off my chair with the cost of buying one £700, I am going to try and make one, plan to make it out of GPR to keep the weight down.

I plan to do 2 1 mtr sections hinged together for folding, Never played with fibreglass before, so should be fun.

Will post pics of progress and cost to complete.

 

[northwind]

Right, having falling off my chair with the cost of buying one £700, I am going to try and make one, plan to make it out of GPR to keep the weight down.

I plan to do 2 1 mtr sections hinged together for folding, Never played with fibreglass before, so should be fun.

Will post pics of progress and cost to complete.

Many people start with an aluminium ladder for the frame, cheap and ready made.

 

[Tranona]

You don't have to spend £700. Force 4 have an excellent one at £500. You can make your own, but once you have use the proper thing you will probably think it money well spent.

 

[nigelmercier]

This may help:

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?348766-Making-a-gangplank-(passerelle)

 

[ashtead]

Buy a dog ramp?

 

[jrudge]

Making one our of GRP, I suspect that making it bear the weight is the main issue

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Or for £40 or so you could get one of these folding lightweight motorcycle ramps. I use these to ride 350kg of bike + builder on to the back of my truck. (You'd want to stick something on the surface to make it less slippy in the wet, so maybe add £10 to the budget for that...).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BikeTek-F...72?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item3cd03c22dc

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[sealines28]

weight load

Making one our of GRP, I suspect that making it bear the weight is the main issue

Hi
Yes I have thought of that, and have a few ideas in mind, (thinking of running 2 x 1" aliminium box section though it) My goal is to not go over 7kg in all.
I have just finished making the plug for it, now to seal it and round off the edges before starting to fibreglass it. The first test will show me what i need to do to make it more cosmetic pleasing to the eye.