I don't see these in the hardware store much any but I bought a set of those aluminum ends for a 2- by plank and have busted a few. If I have a not too steep ditch near me I back my truck into it and reduce the angle as much as possible, but I've had to drive a GT up those ramps at times, have had the 2x10s snap on me about 1/2 way up before, wasn't fun. The last one that I snapped I was using the ramp as a bead breaker on a tractor rear (13.6-28) in the parking lot at a tractor show, we took the tire off, put it in the back of my son's flatbed and hauled it out to the parking lot to change the tube in it. We set the tire on a curb and set the plank on the tire Next to the bead and I drove my Dakota up on to the plank, and yeah it busted pretty easy. Set the 2 busted halves on the ground and the unbroken one on top of them, and drove the truck up there again and this time I broke the bead like I wanted to. Had to run to the lumber yard for a replacement so I could load my new Holland up and bring it home the next day from the show
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