Does anybody know if there is an RTI ramp anywhere in southern New England? I would like to know what my truck can do once it's done, but don't know where there is a ramp.

Jared

 

im not sure where one is, but you might want to check you local 4wheelin clubs and see if they have one or if they know where one is

 

Goto to any industrial area that has a drive down ramp for semi's and use the edge of the ramp and drive down till a tire lifts. i use the one right here where I work. Just make sure you do it after the shop closes!

 

How do you measure what you do, though?

Jared

 

If you know some trig it's pretty easy. Find some way to lift one tire as high as possible w/o lifting another tire off the ground. Take that heigth and use this formula (H= heigth, X= calculated distance up 20deg ramp)

X= H/.342

You then take what you got for "X" and divide it by your vehicles wheelbase. take this final # and multiply it by 1000.

example:
lets say you can lift one tire 24" off the ground (or drive up an obstical 24" tall) before another wheel comes off the ground. Let's just say this is in a standard short bed truck w/ a wheelbase of 118" OK
X=24"/.342 so X=70.175" you then take that and divide it by your wheelbase (118" in this example) so 70.2" (rounded) div. by 118 = .5849 multiplied by 1000= 584.9 RTI.

Whoever says you'll never use math in the real world is only folling themselves

 

That's pretty good to know. Heck, I could even drive up the front steps at my girlfriend's house. Her mom might get a little mad tho-

Jared