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Re: World's Lightest Ramps

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Originally Posted by wasayanwer97 View Post
Depends how loosely you define a ramp.

If your goal is to just get the totes to land correctly, all it takes is a sheet of some slick material in front of the chute to get the totes to land properly. The reduced friction against the edge allows the tote to just slide forward and land on its bottom rather than rotate about its edge and land on its front.
This.

3408 deployed one at Inland Empire. It looked like some foam core (actually, call it a couple of old pit signs maybe) with half a pool noodle attached to the bottom of one of them and some light rope. (This was after the velcro on the bottom was removed...) That had to be pretty light.
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