Creating a ramp--how?

[LookmaNohands]

I just bought a riding mower so now I have something between the 84 inch bush hog and the weedwhacker. Yay!

But now I have to get it into the shed.

The shed is on a pretty steep hill and there is a step to get into it. So now I have to create a ramp to drive the thing in there. I have dirt, stone dust and could scare up a bit of gravel. What would be best to use? Or some combination of those? I also have an extra, though smallish, rubber mat. That seems like it would get slippery.

I was going to go pick the mower up today but need to build the ramp first and there are thunder storms predicted so I will pick it up another day.

Any suggestions?

[Bluey]

Could you use some of those aluminum ramps for 4 wheelers like Home Depot sells?
They start around $60 for the pairs, double that for the wider ramps:

https://www.homedepot.com/s/aliminum…20ramps?NCNI-5

https://www.homedepot.com/p/EZ-ACCES…-203265855-_-N

https://www.homedepot.com/p/EZ-ACCES…FUmsaQodKbcOZA

With those you can get the mower on anything, a trailer or a shed.

We have one with two ramps, solid with small holes in them and they were $60+ for the pair on sale.

[Marla_100]

We built several ramps around here and they’re easy to build with leftover fence boards, or even in a pinch you can

just place boards from ground up to doorway.

[Bluey]

If you have the material, you could just dump some in the front until is high enough for a ramp?
Run over it until it packs down.
Not like you will be driving all the time over that, it should stay where put for the few times you may drive the mower in and out of the shed.

[ShotenStar]

@Bluey

If you have the material, you could just dump some in the front until is high enough for a ramp?
Run over it until it packs down.
Not like you will be driving all the time over that, it should stay where put for the few times you may drive the mower in and out of the shed.

I’m with Bluey – using stones, stone dust, and possibly a rubber mat or two should do the trick. If you are worried about the slipperiness of the standard rubber mats, get a ‘ring mat’ - one with drainage holes cut in it. I find they stay in place better than solid mats as well as being less slippery because the stone dust comes through the holes a bit.

Star

[Jim_in_PA]

Stone and stone dust (or 3/4 modified) will make a nice “permanent” ramp, but be sure you tamp it down thoroughly so that it all interlocks together. The aluminum ramps are a great “non-permanent” solution, too.

[NoSuchPerson]

@Bluey

Could you use some of those aluminum ramps for 4 wheelers like Home Depot sells?

That’s what I use. I got mine at Tractor Supply.

[LookmaNohands]

I finished the ramp, at least for now. I put dirt down and then stone dust. I picked up the new riding mower and it will stay in my trailer over night. I will see how the ramp fares over night with thunderstorms predicted all night. I just hope the ramp doesn’t wash away down the hill! Thanks for the input!