[Pollard]

I've got one of these but never knew the name of it but knew it was for concrete. Evidently it's called a concrete placer. About 20" wide.

It's in the back of the truck right now because I used it to scrape the rocks off the concrete bridge that the grader left behind. Big sharp rocks sitting on concrete will push right through a tire and the hole is too big to plug and sometimes too big to patch. I'm not the only one here that ruined a new tire from a chunk of gravel puncturing it.

Anyway, good for scraping rocks out of the back of a truck/trailer. Not real fast but there's no lifting aside from the weight of the scraper/placer and they're light.

[Qiviut]

Good idea. I would have to put something solid on the trailer ramp/tailgate. It's metal mesh/grate. If I had some large pieces of cardboard, I could zip tie them to the ramp. I can either back up & do sections or drive down the length of the lean-to & unload it that way.

I did use cardboard when I moved the slate slabs to the new place - slick enough I could slide the slabs. I actually slipped on the cardboard on the ramp & fell (ouch!) so I only put it down when I was ready to slide the slab down the ramp.

On my last trip to the old house, I got into dad's scrap lumber pile & pulled out enough usable plywood to make panels (cut to fit) for the sides of the trailer that are metal grating. Now I don't have to worry about mulch or gravel leaking out the sides - using the tarp was a 'pain'.

[Qiviut]

BTW, notice the springs on each side of the trailer ramp. My brother put them on his trailer & added them to mine (youtube idea, I think). I believe they are garage door springs. They are a HUGE back saver - the ramp is very heavy & dangerous when lowering it without the springs. No way I could have put that ramp up/down as much as I did moving everything I moved (all but the heavy furniture, 13,000 miles worth of trips).