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Ramp foundation

This weekend we have done the ground levelling for the ramp foundation. The location of the ramp was on a slope with about 1m drop from the one side. The space required for the ramp was 9.8m by 13.6m and we levelled +- 1 meter more each side. So we had a lot of ground to move to get it level. This took us from 8am to +- 5pm. The top side we have made a bump/wall to prevent any water running into the ramp location and should stop most of the rain water. We also mixed cement into the ground and used a heavy duty roller to compact the ground to ensure it ‘s not going anywhere. The pictures below shows the before and then final ground level after.

Before:
Foundation before

Updated progress on ramp frames

Since my last post we finished and painted primer on all flatbottoms and deck boxes. Next step the transition which will start today. This is some photos of the completed frames:

frame1

Pilot phase done, and looking good!!

We have completed the pilot phase and everything looks pretty good. The work done is very accurate and we will not have any problems with the fixing of the surface to the frame. We have decided to use 5mm Countersink bolts with locknuts to fix the plywood and metal sheet to the surface. This will ensure that they don't pull out after a while... or at least we can tighten them or replace them if required.

It will be bit of a mission to drill all the holes through the 5mm angle iron for ever bolt we need and if you look at the 2500+ screws required it might take a while. But we'll do anything to make sure the surface is 100% for skating.

The other issue we will face is to put the nuts onto the underside of the flatbottom if it's flat on the base frame, because we don't have access under the ramp. We have a working solution and I will give you more info after we have done the flatbottom surface.

The flatbottom was very easy to build: