Although we have a big garden, it is not all at the same ground level, so I am all the time having to man handle garden equipment from one level to the other, somehow. Until now, I have been happy enough to pick whatever it is up, and put it down on the new level. That has been the way I have always done it until my wife's friend and her husband came to visit us last weekend, and he was shocked to see what I did, and suggested we try ramps. The fact is, I am so used to not having them that I just never thought about using them in the garden. Come to think of it, I could also have a mini ramp leading into my garden shed. By the time I have to lift the garden mower one last time to put it away in the shed, I am sometimes pretty exhausted. So a ramp would make life easier. I confess I have used a couple of planks from time to time. They are easy to move around, but they are a bit dangerous because they could collapse any moment, and they are hazardous to me as well. I could easily slip or trip over them, risking serious injury. I decided to take my friend's advice and have proper ramps. I wanted one from the garden shed level to the lawn, and the other to lead into the shed itself. The other few places where I use them, I would carry on using the wooden planks. Because I would be rolling the lawn mower over the shed ramp, I needed to be sure it was going to be strong enough to support its weight. Other key considerations for the design of the ramp were: the surface must not be slippery, and the angle of entry into the shed should not be too steep, making it too heavy for me to push it up and down the ramp. Before rushing to buy shed ramps from your nearest store, be sure to take a moment to think about these things first, and save yourself some possible heartache later. 1590EVSK
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